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Rumpke's Environmental Legacy: Protecting & Preserving the Planet

Learn about Rumpke's history and current operations, the landfill and recycling processes, landfill gas recovery, benefits of recycling, and more. Discover how Rumpke is leading the way in environmental sustainability.

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Rumpke's Environmental Legacy: Protecting & Preserving the Planet

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  1. Protecting & Preserving the Planet Presented by Rumpke

  2. Rumpke History • Founded in 1930s by William Rumpke • Originally fed collected trash to hogs • Ended hog farm in 1950s

  3. Current Operations • Operates 9 landfills • Operates 8 recycling centers • Operates 20 transfer stations • Service portions of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia.

  4. Let’s talk trash!

  5. Did you know? • Average American throws away 5 lbs of material/day • That’s nearly 1 ton a year!

  6. Where does it go? • Trash goes to Rumpke’s Pendleton County Landfill • Recycling goes to Rumpke’s Material Recovery Facility

  7. Landfill Operations Landfills aren’t dumps.

  8. Landfill Operations • Landfills are… • Designed to protect the environment • Closely monitored

  9. Landfill Liners

  10. Landfill Liners

  11. Landfill Liners

  12. Liner System

  13. Landfill Monitoring • Everything is permitted/monitored • Water • Air • Land

  14. Landfill Gas Landfill Gas Recovery • Decomposing garbage produces methane gas

  15. Landfill Gas • Gas is collected and converted to natural gas or electricity • Rumpke is home to world’s largest landfill gas-to-pipeline energy production facility

  16. So what are you throwing away?

  17. Recyclables • Plastic bottles and jugs • Steel food cans • Aluminum beverage containers • Glass bottles and jars • Paper and cardboard • Clean pizza boxes

  18. Benefits to Recycling • Extends the life of the landfill • Conserves natural resources • Saves energy • Helps prevent littering • Creates jobs

  19. Where does the recycling go? • Rumpke Material Recovery Facility (MRF) • Located in St. Bernard • Largest single stream facility in Ohio • One of the largest in Midwest • 102,000 tons a year and we want more…

  20. Single Stream Technology • Everything can go in one bin • We separate the material • More efficient

  21. What happens to this material? • We process it • We sell it • New products are created

  22. Additional Information www.RumpkeCleanAndGreen.com Facebook/rumpkeco RumpkeNews RumpkeCleanAndGreen

  23. Types of Trucks

  24. Types of Trucks

  25. Types of Trucks

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