Athens, OH Council of Governments Absorbs Local Recycling Center

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): After a tumultuous year for the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center, the regional nonprofit’s employees and assets were officially absorbed by a regional council of governments.  For the most part, the transition of assets and employees to the Southeast Ohio Recycling Terminal Council of Governments has not affected the recycling center’s day-to-day operations, said executive director Crissa Cummings. The change officially happened on Saturday, Sept. 21.

“On Monday, when we all saw each other, I kept saying, ‘What does it feel like to be a public employee? Any different?’” Cummings said. “I got some eye rolls.” The Southeast Ohio Recycling Terminal formed specifically to absorb AHRC and is intended to preserve local control over recycling, compost and refuse services in Athens and Hocking counties.

Current SORT members include the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District, Amesville, and the cities of Athens, Logan, Nelsonville, Cummings said. Both Athens and Logan have yet to select representatives for the council of governments, she added. “A lot of the governments in the region really did come together as quickly as they possibly could to do what they can to preserve the recycling center and the jobs,” Cummings said.

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