Forked Run State Park Drop-off Site to Close Dec. 18

POMEROY – Meigs County residents who use the county recycling program are reminded the program will change hands at the beginning of the year.

Under a new contract between the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs-Vinton Joint Solid Waste Management District and Rumpke of Ohio, Inc., Rumpke will be responsible for the collection, transportation, and processing of recyclable materials generated within the four-county district.

Rumpke’s ‘single-stream’ drop-off containers will be located at the existing recycling locations in Chester, Pomeroy, Racine, Rutland, Salem Center, Syracuse and Tuppers Plains. A container will also be located near the Columbia Township Volunteer Fire Department in northwestern Meigs County and in Middleport. The drop-off site at Forked Run State Park will be discontinued with a final pick-up date of Dec. 18. People who use that site will be able to use the drop-off containers in Chester or Tuppers Plains.

With the single-stream collection method, all the recyclable materials can be placed in one container together, according to Terri Marchi, executive director of the solid waste management district. Separating the recyclable materials by residents is no longer required.

A complete list of materials that can be recycled as of Jan. 1 is posted on the solid waste district’s website, www.gjmvrecycle.com. The new containers will also be labeled with a list of materials that can be donated at the sites.

For the past two years Meigs County’s recycling program has been administered by the Meigs SWCD, and before that it was administered by the Meigs County Office of Recycling and Litter Control. The existing wooden recycling buildings will be closed up and eventually removed. The Meigs SWCD encourages county residents to use the new drop-off containers and to not attempt to use the old buildings since they will no longer be serviced after the end of the year.

For more information, contact the solid waste management district at 800-544-1853.