Ohio compost facility classifications

THE OHIO Environmental Protection Agency's regulations classify composting facilities into four categories, based primarily on the types of feedstocks being processed. Norton Environmental's mixed waste processing and composting plant is a Type I facility. A Type f plant can accept mixed MSW, including food residuals, yard trimmings, glass, plastic, solvents, pesticides, etc. A solid waste permit is required for a Type I facility; the project has to be in an enclosed building with a floor and leachate control. (Norton received an exemption from the building requirement because it is composting a processed mixed waste.) The other facility classifications are as follows:

-Type II: …