Farm-waste composting facility is proposed

NORTH LIMA — A composting facility that would be licensed to accept yard, agricultural and animal waste, known as a Class III composting facility, is proposed for 12505 South Ave.

The facility, which would operate under the name Pioneer Site Services LLC, received its Ohio Environmental Protection Agency registration acknowledgement Aug. 18. It would be the first facility of its kind in Mahoning County.

Lou Vega, county recycling director, told the county solid waste policy committee about the proposed facility, which would be inspected by the county health department, at the committee’s meeting today in Youngstown.

Agricultural waste includes corn husks and hay, and animal waste includes manure, Vega said.

Ohio law defines composting as solid waste disposal using controlled biological decomposition.

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