On Saturday, Aug. 5, at 10:15 a.m., 5-year-old Arjuna Nordmeyer cast his line along the shore of a back yard pond in Burlington with his 36-inch kids Zebco pole and
When Rumpke Waste & Recycling
started collecting glass at its materials recovery facilities (MRF) in the early 2000’s it had very limited end markets. But the Cincinnati, Ohio-based company kept taking it in, and then in 2004 opened a glass processing plant in Dayton, still with unwanted glass stockpiling in its yard. The risky corporate decision to start cleaning, separating, and refining this waste stream is paying off. Municipalities want someone to take it off their hands, and for the last several years some businesses are looking to snatch as much of this cheap, recycled content as they can.
Now Rumpke gets glass from four internal MRFs and some customers and, even so, can’t keep up with the demand, which is coming from the container and fiberglass industries, says Steve Sargent, director of Recycling for Rumpke Waste & Recycling.