Reader’s Viewpoint: Countywide Landfill has been a bad neighbor
To the Editor:
I have recently read with interest two letters from Countywide Landfill employees pointing out their excellent record of environmental compliance. They have even compared their record to Kimble Landfill’s record.
Ronald Krall stated, “I have not experienced such inequitable attention based purely upon geography.” Guess what Mr. Krall – the attention paid to your facility is not based upon geography – it is based upon stink!
I do not need paper compliance records or geologist studies to tell me that you are a bad neighbor and have been for a long time. When I drive to Sugarcreek, I smell nothing. When I drive to Canton, I smell your garbage dump. My nose tells me that you do not know how to operate your business and be a good neighbor.
I pity the poor people who have to live close to you. Because you have been a bad neighbor for so long, your facility should be immediately shut down. Any thoughts of getting expansion approved should be political suicide for any bureaucrat thinking about approving it.
If you can’t operate with what you have, and be a good neighbor, you should not be approved to have more. Your right to operate in Ohio is a privilege that should be revoked.
The Ohio EPA should take over your facility, accept no more garbage, fix the problem at whatever the cost and send you the bill.
Colin E. Bayliss, Dover
