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In what ways is the system of refuse collection, recycling, and composting evolving and what are the opportunities that exist for our community to make a positive impact? Our panel will share their insights.
According to SWACO’s website, “Every year, Franklin County residents and businesses send over a million tons of material to the Franklin County landfill. Even though Franklin County’s 50 percent recycling rate exceeds the national average, nearly 76 percent of materials that end up in the landfill can be recycled or composted…In Franklin County, nearly a million pounds of food waste arrives at the landfill every day.”
For the eighth year in a row, The Dispatch was named the best among Ohio s largest newspapers by the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors association. Dispatch.com was awarded first place for best digital presence for the third year straight.
The Dispatch and its staff won 24 awards, including nine first-place entries. Longtime editor Danny Goodwin, who retired in 2020, was inducted into the Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame. It s a great honor for The Dispatch to be named best large newspaper and website in Ohio by our peers, said Alan D. Miller, editor of The Dispatch and regional editor for the USA TODAY Network of 21 Ohio daily newspapers.
Each year the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio receives more than 1 million tons of materials that go into the landfill. A majority of those materials could be diverted through recycling, reuse or composting.
On Wednesday, SWACO unveiled its annual community impact report during a Columbus Metropolitan Club discussion that showed in 2020, there was an initial uptick in waste during the pandemic of 30%, which later dropped off. You don t have all that waste coming in from commercial entities, which would include schools and small businesses. Initially, that was offset by a tremendous surge in residential, said Ty Marsh, executive director of the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio. What we were finding is that more people were home, so therefore there was more residential waste being generated. We believe that initially, people were cleaning out their basements and were looking for things to do.
While they re here for a short time, they will be busy molting, mating and then will die off by the end of June. The influx of protein into ecosystems will fatten up other animals and spur reproduction.
Brood X is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas. Of the broods, Brood X is the largest range with cicadas appearing throughout parts of the South, northeastern states and Midwest. It s also the brood that has the highest concentration which could send the numbers into the trillions.
Where has Brood X emerged so far?
According to uploads from the Ohio-based app Cicada Safari, Brood X has already began to emerge in Benton, Tennessee, a rural town 38 miles southwest of Chattanooga as well as parts of north Georgia. In photos that users snapped, all of the cicadas have black patches behind their eyes, said Gene Kritsky, a cicada expert and dean of the School of Behavioral and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati.
What’s up re: ‘solar farmers’; here’s the process for approval
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CLINTON COUNTY You may have noticed solar panels cropping up in some of the rural parts of Ohio.
In an effort to keep you informed, the Clinton County Board of Commissioners is providing this news release.
According to a Dec. 28 article by Beth Burger and Mark Williams in the Columbus Dispatch at https://bit.ly/3gKsSve “Nearly two dozen solar farms are in some form of development across the state, according to the Ohio Power Siting Board, the state agency that approves construction of new sources of electricity.