Ohio county to spend $2 million to avoid transporting human feces

Associated Press

CINCINNATI

A southwest Ohio county will spend $2 million for incinerator work to avoid transporting human waste by truck.

Hamilton County commissioners have put the money toward redesigning the Little Miami Incinerator in Cincinnati. It's in danger of closing next year because it's not in compliance with environmental regulations.

If the incinerator can't be saved, the county might have to transport tons of dried human waste in dump trucks to other incinerators or landfills.

Officials say they want to avoid that scenario because of the odor and potential hazard it poses if anything were to happen to the trucks.

The Metropolitan Sewer District already transports about three truckloads of sludge and two truckloads of dried waste every day on county roads and highways.