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Welcome to the District Recycling Center

Home Page | About Us | Local Recycling Drop Off Sites | Tours and School Programs | Links | More Reuse Opportunities | Photo Album | Paint and Paint Products | Contact Us | Illegal Dumping | The Franklin Township/Brady Lake Fall 2007 Leaf Collection Program | Holiday Schedule | 2008 Recycling Schedule Dates | 2008 Old Computer Recycling Challenge

The 35,000 square foot state-of-the-art District Recycling Center located at 3588 Mogadore Road in Brimfield Township - follow the signs from Interstate 76 exit #31

Leading the State in Responsible Solid Waste Management


The Award Winning District Recycling Center is the largest publicly owned and operated facility in the state of Ohio. The Portage County Solid Waste District was recognized as one of two premier programs in the State at the October 2004 Partners for Sustainability Conference in Aurora, OH.  The Leadership Award was presented on behalf of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Ohio Dept. of Naturnal Resources, the Organization of Solid Waste Mangement Districts of Ohio, and other sponsor agencies.

The District Recycling Center currently processes an average of 50 tons per day of mixed recyclables received from businesses and households in Portage and surrounding counties and offers a wide variety of other recycling and waste management programming throughout the County.

We've developed this site to give you a broad overview of the hottest topics. Apologies up front for the pop up windows and lack of a search engine. That's the perils of a free site but it's a small inconvenience for the volume of information we have been able to assemble at NO COST to taxpayers. That's a deal that no one can pass up.

Here is a directory of what you'll find on this Site:

About Us - Info on Residential Curbside and Drop Off locations, and Commercial Recycling Programs including what, how, and FAQ's. Information on Special Collection Programs are also listed on this page.

Local Recycling Drop Off Sites - Drop off locations and How To.

Tours and School Programs - Info on scheduling a free presentation and tour of our facility for your school or organization, and/or obtaining free in-school curriculum guides.

Links - County Clothing Center, Ohio EPA, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources and info on finding references to a wide variety of environmental topics.

More Reuse Opportunities - Reuse opportunities in Portage County.

Photo Album - Our family album, including lots of shots and information on a wide variety of district programming.

Paint, Paint Products, and Other Hazardous Wastes -Learn how to property recycle your household hazardous wastes and learn of the opportunities to receive reblended paint at drastically reduced prices.  

Contact Us - Directions, staff, how to reach us.

Illegal Dumping - A word about illegal dumping.

Railroad Spur - Proposed Railroad Spur described; possible expansion to existing Wheeling Lake Erie rail line.

Franklin Township/Brady Lake Leaf Collection - Progress, Updates, and Information.

 



The District Recycling Center is sponsored by the Portage County Solid Waste Management District.

The District is a county-level governmental body created in 1989 by the Board of Portage County Commissioners and is responsible for implementing a county-wide solid waste management plan to achieve Ohio's goals for waste reduction, recycling and solid waste management.

The District helps communities and businesses implement cost-effective and environmentally safe solid waste management practices by providing a variety of recycling education, collection and market development programs.

The Board of the Portage County Solid Waste District includes three District Commissioners that are responsible for the operations and financial performance.

The three members are:

Christopher Smeiles

Maureen T. Frederick

Charles W. Keiper II

The Policy Commitee of the Portage County Solid Waste District also provides management oversight and is responsible primarily for the broad policy and budget. The composition of this seven member Committee established by the Ohio Revised Code includes:

William Schultz representing Kent City - the largest municipality.

DuWayne Porter representing the Portage County Health Department

Gordon Weber At Large Citizen Representative

Edith Chase At Large Citizen Representative

Charles W. Kieper representing the County Commissioners

Mike Mc Donald representing Kent State - large trash generator

J.J. Leet representing Townships

Portage County Recycling Opportunities
Over two-thirds of the 45,000 households in Portage County are serviced by our fleet of recycling collection trucks that provide either weekly or biweekly curbside pickup of glass, cans, #1 and #2 plastics and paper products. Check out the "About Us" Web Page for full details on Curbside Collection. For those areas where curbside collection is not available, check out the "Local Drop Off Sites" page for a location nearest you.

Dan Anderson, Maintenance Supervisor, in front of bales of aluminum cans collected from County recycling programs. Special Collection Events for Computers, Scrap Tires and Appliances
Over two dozen Special Collection Events are held each year throughout Portage County where scrap tires and appliances are collected for recycling and reuse. Each year the District also sponsors a Computer and Electronic Goods Collection Event free and available to all Portage County residents, schools, and businesses. Email us at rportagecounty@neo.rr.com for exact times and locations for any of our special collection events in your area.

Help us meet our goal of reducing by 35% the amount landfilled from Portage County. You can help by participating in your local recycling programs, and by volunteering. Call us at 330-678-8808 or email us for details.

Our mission is to provide Portage County residents and businesses the most progressive and comprehensive waste management programming in the state of Ohio. Portage County has for ten years and will continue to lead the state in ideas, programs and RESULTS.
The District Recycling Center and other programs described are sponsored by the Portage County Solid Waste Management District.