Posted July 2, 200519 yr From the 7/2/05 Enquirer: Rumpke looks to battle of 2022 Current expansion should last until then at present rate By Dan Klepal Enquirer staff writer COLERAIN TWP. - The Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, the region's only disposal site for nearly 2 million tons of residential and industrial garbage and trash every year, is beginning a 90-acre expansion which will provide enough space to keep it open for the next 17 years. ... Bernie Fiedeldey, the township board president, said he doesn't know about any vendetta but is definitely against the landfill growing to the east. He would like to see development in that area provide a transition between the landfill and nearby homes. A mixed-use development is perfect for that, he said. ... E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050702/NEWS01/507020398/1056/rss02
July 7, 200519 yr From the 7/7/05 Hamilton Journal News via the Cincinnati Post: Region's landfill options limited Hamilton JournalNews HAMILTON - Rumpke Waste Services might be facing an uphill battle in its quest to increase the size of the garbage dump known as Mount Rumpke. In Colerain Township, the landfill's home, officials flatly oppose plans that call for the rezoning of land to the east of the 500-acre landfill for a possible 346-acre expansion. The landfill is already one of the largest in the nation. ... http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050707/NEWS01/507070366 Rumpke proposal The Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. today in room 805 of the County Administration Building at 138 East Court St. to review Rumpke's proposed expansion of its Colerain Township landfill. Public comment on the matter is expected to be postponed until the commission's Sept. 1 meeting. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050707/NEWS01/507070365
July 8, 200519 yr From the 7/8/05 Hamilton JournalNews: Planners pave way for 'Mount Rumpke' growth Hamilton JournalNews The Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission Thursday approved changes to the county's land use plan that could allow Rumpke's Colerain Township landfill to grow by more than 300 acres. The landfill known to locals as "Mount Rumpke" is considered one of the largest landfills in the nation. Without the expansion, company officials said the landfill could run out of space by 2022. ... http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/NEWS01/507080360
March 9, 200619 yr Rumpke aims to double size of dump BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TOWNSHIP – Mount Rumpke stands poised to double the size of its footprint. The increase in the region’s largest garbage dump would cost an estimated $145.5 million and could get underway within five years. Officials with Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc., owner and operator of the 333-acre Rumpke Sanitary Landfill – nicknamed Mount Rumpke because the dump’s summit is the highest point in Hamilton County – have filed papers with Colerain Township’s Zoning Commission requesting a zone change for an eastern expansion. ... E-mail [email protected] Mount Rumpke, the highest point in Hamilton County, towers above nearby I-275. The company wants to add 291 acres to its 333-acre landfill. www.enquirer.com
March 9, 200619 yr I dont know what the rest of you think, but when will Cincinnati begin to think progressively? They just continue to expand the size of Rumpke Dump, but why doesnt Cincy look into improving its recycling programs? There are a number of ways to help increase recycling numbers, however, we continue to look past these options for the easy way out. I say Cincinnati and Hamilton County should practice 'pay as you throw'. This is a program where you pay for the amount of the weight of your trash. In Europe they take this a step further and offer free recycling. This then creates an economic incentive for you to recycle.
March 9, 200619 yr ^ Isn't the dump a private dump? What does Cincinnati or Hamiltion county has to do with this being conservative or progressive?
March 9, 200619 yr I agree that the Cincinnati Metro is terrible with recycling. Now I know Rumpke is the big garbage collector, but does the city run its own trash service, or do private companies do it all? I think it would be a good idea to expand the landfill. Is there another landfill in the metro, I remember seeing one off of I-71 in Kentucky.
March 9, 200619 yr I agree that the Cincinnati Metro is terrible with recycling. Now I know Rumpke is the big garbage collector, but does the city run its own trash service, or do private companies do it all? I think it would be a good idea to expand the landfill. Is there another landfill in the metro, I remember seeing one off of I-71 in Kentucky. I know that the City of Cincinnati offers free trash collection service to those living within the city (of course). I also am aware that Rumpke is a private company, however, if there was more local pressure on them to recycle then they probably would. That is how it works it Europe....the populous demands a healthy environment and therefore businesses must acomodate those demands. I also believe that I have heard that Cincinnati boasts the 'dirtiest' recycling center in the nation. This is in reguards to the lack of sorting and its other processes.
March 9, 200619 yr On another note about Rumpke expanding its landfill. I say lets keep our trash out of Ohio. New Yorkers seem to send their trash over to New Jersey. I use Bavarian (Kentucky Co.) and send my trash across the river. :wink:
March 9, 200619 yr ^^Rumpke cut recycling in Warren County (or at least my side) about four years ago because of low participation. Now, they have brought it back because the EPA mandated it. Why would they mandate it in Warren Co. and not everywhere else?
March 9, 200619 yr Ok, so the city of Cincinnati has its own garbage trucks? I never have looked for one while I live down here. I know in the burbs that its mainly Rumpke, Waste Management or BFI. Do all these companies then just drive over to Colerain and dump?
March 10, 200619 yr City of Cincinnati does offer curbside recycling to single family homes and apartment buildings with four units or less. I am amazed by everything they accept.
March 10, 200619 yr ^Me too, out here in the township Rumpke would never accept yard waste without clearance, but in the City my landlord cut down a tree and put it to the street, and they took it all. Seeing some of the things that the city employees have taken leads me to believe that either they do not care about what they take, or its the responsbility of the private landfill they take their trash to (Rumpke) to figure out what to do with everything that cannot go into the landfill. I feel that this will turn into an ugly, ugly battle between Colerain Township and Rumpke. On one hand Colerain Township is worried about losing more land to a landfill and losing the tax revenue that would be gained if the land in question was developed otherwise. On another hand Rumpke is a buisness in Colerain Township that employs plenty of people and already pays its worth in taxes. On still another hand one can note the extremely conservative policy on land development that the trustees have taken which does its darndest to anger developers and keep Western Colerain Township forests and farmlands for as long as possible. It all just seems like the perfect setting for a wonderful battle between a corporation and government. Perhaps if the Regional Planning Committee and Rumpke push the trustee's buttons too much then perhaps we may see something drastic, like taking away the say of the HCRPC through incorporation. Sure, residents of the township have shot down incorporation on many occasions, and have good reason to (1/3 of the township remains undeveloped), but perhaps if the trustees start taking about the ever expanding garbage heap in their back yard it may cause people to think differently about incorporation.
March 10, 200619 yr The city of Cincinnati has it's own collection trucks. I believe they take the trash to the old Elda landfill in Winton Place and it is there sorted and transferred onto larger trucks and taken to Rumpke and another landfill in Kentucky. The curbside recycling is great in Cincy, and they expanded the coverage to buildings with up to 9 residential units. Rumpke is well-run and has been a good neighbor, and should be expanded. Cincinnati was considering eliminating the curbside recycling two years ago because of budget constraints, but somehow it was saved. Remember, it costs us to recycle, it is never profitable. I have noticed very few recycling bins in OTR, people just don't care that much about recycling here. They have other concerns, like putting bread on the table.
April 28, 200619 yr Rumpke addresses expansion concerns Colerain Twp. residents, group discuss $145.5M landfill plans BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - The Rumpke Sanitary Landfill contributed a whopping $232.3 million toHamilton County's economy in 2005. That's one of dozens of details officers from the towering landfill nicknamed Mount Rumpke presented Thursday night to concerned residents at Pebble Creek Golf Course. At a meeting attended by about 80 residents, Rumpke made the case for expanding the landfill to nearly double its current 334 acres. They presented results of an economic impact study commissioned from University of Cincinnati economists. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060428/NEWS01/604280413/1056/rss02
May 5, 200619 yr From the 5/5/06 Enquirer: Commission sides with Rumpke Hamilton Co. group will recommend zone change BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission heard the good, the bad and the smelly about Mount Rumpke on Thursday. The five commissioners voted unanimously to recommend a zone change to allow for an expansion that would nearly double the size of the towering 334-acre Rumpke Sanitary Landfill in Colerain Township. ... E-mail [email protected] Public hearing The next step for the landfill's proposed expansion takes place when the Colerain Township Zoning Commission holds a public hearing at 7 p.m. May 16 at the township's administration building, 4200 Springdale Road. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/NEWS01/605050416/1056/rss02
May 6, 200619 yr You know, I'm not from the Cinci metropolitan area, but go to Miami University. There is a widespread belief on campus that there is a little persons' or midget community located on or very near the Rumpkee landfill. Does anyone know if this claim is accurate?
May 6, 200619 yr You know, I'm not from the Cinci metropolitan area, but go to Miami University. There is a widespread belief on campus that there is a little persons' or midget community located on or very near the Rumpkee landfill. Does anyone know if this claim is accurate? http://www.forgottenoh.com/GhostTowns/tinytown.html
May 7, 200619 yr Cool article, but I was surprised to read this: The Buffalo Ridge region on Cincinnati's west side is supposed to be the home of Tiny Town. It is surprising that such a dense, hilly area exists inside Hamilton County. Er...yeah. And is he also surprised to find tall buildings exist in Cleveland and a couple rivers exist in Columbus?
May 8, 200619 yr I've been to this 'tiny town' or whatever you want to call it. Some friends and myself went out about a year or so ago with the purpose of finding this place. We finally stumbled upon it and it is not what it is cracked up to be (as anticipated). What it was, was a couple of small houses near one another. There is one small cabin, with a barn and another building or two across the street from it. It was hard to even tell if the structures were occupied or not, its a very wooded area and seems somewhat deserted. FYI we did not see/find any little people on our search for 'tiny town'. :|
June 11, 200619 yr Mt. Rumpke under a cloud Landfill family expects opposition to growth BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - Most people don't care where their garbage goes, just that it goes away. The Rumpkes care. They want most of Greater Cincinnati's trash to keep coming to Mount Rumpke. That's why the owner-operators of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, the man-made mountain of garbage and trash that used to be a valley, want to do a $145.5 million expansion. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060611/NEWS01/606110358/1077
June 11, 200619 yr Grows by 8000 tons per day: From the 6/11/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: Rumpke officials say the nearby properties, including Bill Margrave's home, do not stand in the way of the proposed expansion, but the landfill owners have still offered to buy his place. The Enquirer/Leigh Patton 'When we first moved here ... there was no sign of that dump' BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - Bill Margrave remembers reading "The Little House" to his kids. He never thought he'd be living in a sequel next to the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. Winner of the 1943 Caldecott Medal for children's picture books, "The Little House" tells the tale of a small home surrounded by towering skyscrapers. ... E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060611/NEWS01/606110359/1056/rss02
June 21, 200618 yr Rumpke expansion on hold BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - To be continued. Again. That's the ending for the latest episode in the saga of Rumpke Sanitary Landfill's proposed expansion. After listening to three hours and 20 minutes of testimony during Tuesday night's public hearing, the Colerain Township Zoning Commission decided to put off discussing Rumpke's zone-change request - from a mix of retail and residential to landfill and light industrial - until its next meeting, July 18. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060621/NEWS01/606210371/1056/NEWS0102
June 21, 200618 yr ^I doubt it. The recorded highest point is Campbell Hill, at 1,549 feet above sea level. http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/oh_geography.htm Everything in this area ranges between about 600 feet above sea level and 900 feet above sea level. So to be taller than Campbell Hill, Mt. Rumpke would have to sit on top of the tallest peaks in the area, and then stick up more than 600 feet above it...
June 21, 200618 yr Vulpster03, River_Viewer is right that the highest point in the state is in Logan County, not too far from Bellefontaine. Rumpke is the highest point in the county.
July 19, 200618 yr Zoning board against Rumpke expansion BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TWP. - By a unanimous vote, the township zoning commission Tuesday night recommended against the proposed expansion of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. The 3-0 vote recommended denial of a zoning change that would be required for the landfill - the busiest of its kind in Ohio - to nearly double in size. The decision capped months of meetings and hours of public testimony by scores of residents for and against the expansion. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060719/NEWS01/607190351
July 19, 200618 yr Why dont they use that land to expand recycling operations and other process that might reduce the actual amount of solid waste that is produced. I would think that there would be less opposition for a recycling facility than the opposition for an expanded dump. Recycle Today For A Better Tommorow!
July 19, 200618 yr I think the expansion will eventually go through. I mean the garbage has to go somewhere, see how long the fight lasts when Rumpke says "sorry, we're full, do something with your own garbage". An expansion is much easier than finding an entirely new site, and a new site would face much more opposition. I feel for the residents, but this thing has been there for years, likely before they bought their homes. Same argument as I use for the people who move next to the airport and then bitch about noise!
August 18, 200618 yr From the 8/16/06 Northwest Press: Trustees set hearing on Rumpke expansion Board will begin hearings on proposed expansion Sept. 5. BY JENNIE KEY | COMMUNITY PRESS EDITOR Residents will have the opportunity to let the Colerain Township Board of Trustees know how they feel about the proposed expansion of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill next month. The board will conduct a special meeting for the public hearing beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Colerain Township Senior and Community Center, 4200 Springdale Road. ... http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/NEWS01/608160612/1002/RSS01
August 27, 200618 yr Opposition group wants expansion plan for Mt. Rumpke to be molehill BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - People power is taking on Mount Rumpke. A residents group, Property Owners Want Equal Rights, opposes the proposed expansion of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. The group plans a rally Wednesday at Colerain Park to make its case and gather support. "POWER is a network of concerned citizens empowering people in the community with information so they can influence the decisions that affect their future," said Nancy Lindemood, a Colerain Township resident and a member of the group. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/NEWS01/608270417/1056
September 6, 200618 yr Shirts tell tale at Rumpke hearing BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER September 6, 2006 MAP: Proposed Expansion Cincinnati Enquirer COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - Dueling T-shirts framed Tuesday night's debate over Mount Rumpke's expansion. As township trustees began a series of public hearings on a zoning change request that would allow the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill to expand 868 acres, they looked into the crowd at the community's senior center and saw an evenly divided audience filling an estimated 400 seats and wearing T-shirts supporting their respective sides. Proponents of expanding the landfill - known as Mount Rumpke because it is the highest point in Hamilton County - wore shirts colored the same Rumpke red that's on the landfill's garbage trucks and touting "The Top Five Reasons Why I Support Rumpke." ... E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS01/609060384
September 29, 200618 yr From the 9/27/06 Northwest Press: Rumpke expansion plan hearings go on, set for Oct. 3 at center Rumpke landfill has hearings next week BY JENNIE KEY | COMMUNITY PRESS EDITOR Property Owners Want Equal Rights is planning a second information rally as the group continues to press Colerain Township officials to reject rezoning for the expansion of the Rumpke Sanitary landfill. POWER plans a meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. tonight, Wednesday Sept. 27, at the North Central branch Meeting Room of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 7608 Hamilton Ave. ... http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060927/NEWS01/609270540/1093/Local
September 30, 200618 yr It really isn't fair to Colerain Township that they have to be the county's whipping boy for garbage, but then again it isn't fair cincinnati has 35% of the county's population and 82% of the section 8 housing and 96% of the permanent housing projects.
October 9, 200618 yr It really isn't fair to Colerain Township that they have to be the county's whipping boy for garbage, but then again it isn't fair cincinnati has 35% of the county's population and 82% of the section 8 housing and 96% of the permanent housing projects. Not a very good comparison....Rumpke is a privately operated company that operating its business in Colerain Twp. It just wouldn't be feasible to do it in many other places (too developed..or too far out). Cincinnati on the other hand is stuck with all of the low-income housing. It is a nessecary evil and most other communities around have successfully put exclusionary zoning practices in that will not allow for it. Soo Cincinnati gets the short end of the stick so to speak.
October 10, 200618 yr ^damn straight about the exclusionary zoning practices. I think my point was generally about NIMBYism and how this leads to concentrate problems.
October 10, 200618 yr I'd rather have section 8 than a dump any day. Plus, you are speaking of Colerain Township as if it were a community, as if it has a sense of place. The "Welcome to Colerain" signs have the Rumpke logo on them.
October 16, 200618 yr From the 10/11/06 Enquirer: Colerain trustees upset at Rumpke They oppose change in air permit BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COLERAIN TWP. - Bernie Fiedeldey was "pretty miffed" about air pollution. And the Colerain Township trustee let everyone know it Tuesday night. His fellow trustees shared his anger. They unanimously passed a resolution informing the Ohio EPA that they oppose "any additional pollution in our township." ... E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/NEWS01/610110379/1056/COL02 From the 10/11/06 Northwest Press: District concerned if Rumpke expands Board doesn't want to lose tax revenue BY JENNIE KEY | COMMUNITY PRESS EDITOR Members of the Northwest Board of Education have watched the progress of the Rumpke hearing with interest. Financial interest. "We stand to lose income if the expansion is approved and we lose the property tax from the residential property that will become landfill," said board member Bruce Gehring. "The township stands to come out of this a financial winner from the fees that would be generated by the expansion if it takes place." ... http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/NEWS01/610110716/1002/RSS01
October 17, 200618 yr I'd rather have section 8 than a dump any day. Having lived by both, I would say it depends on how the rental project is managed. Some are terrible and ruin life for the whole neighborhood. I currently live next to a Model Management Subsidized project, and they are great neighbors. The only negative living near Rumpke is the occasional smells, plus truck traffic if you actually live on Colerain or Struble.
October 17, 200618 yr I wasn't speaking so much to the living conditions, as I was to appeal. I wouldn't want to live near casinos, landfills, outlet malls, racetracks, megachurches, flea markets....I consider these kind of places trashy, not to say I don't patronize some. I couldn't take pride in living in a neighborhood or entity defined by such. While I'm not keen on crime, poverty wouldn't deter me from moving somewhere.
October 28, 200618 yr From the 10/18/06 Northwest Press: Trustees oppose Rumpke emissions BY JENNIE KEY | COMMUNITY PRESS EDITOR Colerain Township trustees have decided to send a message to environmental officials: Enough already. They voted to send officials at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency a letter opposing any lowering of standards that could affect the quality of life in Colerain Township. As part of the southern expansion and the consent decree, Rumpke Inc. closed its composting operation on East Miami River Road and moved it to the Struble Road landfill property. ... [email protected] 923-3111, ext. 233 http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061018/NEWS01/610180672/1071/Local
October 30, 200618 yr I live 3-4 miles away (as the crow flies) and I'm not a resident of Colerain Twp. I live southeast of the dump, so the summer winds from the south or west blow the stench away from me. Maybe once a year can I smell it. The street I live on is not a main route for garbage trucks going to and from the dump. In other words, it really doesn't impact my life very much, and I don't have a strong opinion on it. As a society, we create a ton of trash, much more than is necessary. It has to be put somewhere. We have to live with the consequences if we want to enjoy the conveniences.
November 30, 200618 yr From the 11/10/06 Northwest Press: Board says no to Rumpke expansion BY JENNIE KEY | COMMUNITY PRESS EDITOR Opponents of the Rumpke landfill expansion got what they wanted Nov. 9. The Colerain Township Board of Trustees said no to a bigger landfill. And while they were happy with the decision, they say they know this isn't over. After three sessions of input from the public, the board unanimously rejected a zoning request from the landfill owners that would have allowed the landfill to expand by 206 acres. ... [email protected] 923-3111, extension 233 http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061110/NEWS01/611100473/1071/Local
November 30, 200618 yr Should this thread's title be changed to: 'Cincinnati: Rumpke landfill NOT going to double in size' :laugh: But seriously...how about something simple for Rumpke like: 'Cincinnati: Rumpke Landfill'
December 21, 200618 yr Rumpke sues over landfill denial BY CLIFF RADEL | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER December 20, 2006 COLERAIN TWP. - Rumpke Sanitary Landfill Inc. filed suit Wednesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court against Colerain Township. The waste disposal giant claimed, through its law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp, that the township violated its constitutional rights by denying a zoning change request to allow the company to expand its landfill – the county’s highest point, nicknamed “Mount Rumpke.” ...
February 22, 200718 yr Rumpke's land rezoned THE ENQUIRER The Rumpke Sanitary Landfill and the Colerain Township trustees have butted heads. Again. The three trustees voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a zoning change - recommended by Colerain's Zoning Commission - for 75 parcels covering 209 acres known as the Banklick Creek character area. The zoning changed from residential to industrial on 196 acres east of Hughes Road and from residential to commercial on the south side of Struble Road. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070222/NEWS01/702220374/1056/COL02
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