Mahoning Co. Solid Waste District approves landfill fees

YOUNGSTOWN — By a unanimous vote, the seven-member Mahoning County Solid Waste Policy Committee has approved a long-range solid waste management plan.

The plan, approved this morning, will keep landfill dumping fees at $1.50 per ton for waste originating in Mahoning County or out of state; and $3 a ton for waste that originates within Ohio, but outside of Mahoning County.

Those fees, which the county collects from its two active landfills, constitute almost all the revenue for the Mahoning County recycling division, whose 2013 budget is about $2.8 million.

Before June, the plan must be ratified by the county commissioners, Youngstown City Council and governing bodies of communities representing 60 percent of the county’s population, with Youngstown counting toward the 60 percent under state law.

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