Rumpke Recycling, an Ohio-based recycling and solid waste company, is relocating its Ashland, Kentucky facility to Lawrence County, Ohio. In a letter to residents of Ashland the company stated the reason for the relocation is that it has outgrown its existing facility.
The new facility will allow residential, commercial and industry and recycling services. The company broke ground on the new facility this month.
The last day the existing Ashland plant will be accepting material from the pubic is Dec. 3, 2005. The new facility is expected to be open by the next summer.
Steve Sargent director of recycling for Rumpke Recycling, says the company should have the new facility open by June 1, 2006. The new facility is located on 13 acres, and a major focus of the new facility will be maximizing the recovery of recyclables from the commercial waste stream. Sargent adds that the facility will be the first time the company has built a greenfield operation.
While the Ashland plant has seven employees, Sargent feels that within a short period of time the new facility will have between 30-40 employees.
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