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Program
Background
The
Allen County Health Department inspects solid waste landfills,
composting facilities, scrap tire facilities, demolition landfills,
and generators of infectious waste. Refuse vehicles are licensed and
inspected annually.
Definition of
Solid Waste
“Solid
waste” as defined in Section 3745-27-01 (UU) of the
Ohio
Administrative Code means such unwanted residual solid or semisolid
material, including but not limited to, garbage, scrap tires,
combustible and noncombustible material, street dirt and debris, as
results from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and community
operations, excluding earth or material from construction, mining,
or demolition operations, or other waste materials of the type that
normally would be included in demolition debris, nontoxic fly ash
and bottom ash, including at least ash that results from combustion
of coal, biomass fuels, and ash that results from the combustion of
coal in combination with scrap tires where scrap tires comprise not
more than fifty per cent of heat input in any month, spent nontoxic
foundry sand, and slag and other substances that are not harmful or
inimical to public health, and includes, but is not limited to,
garbage, scrap tires, combustible and noncombustible material,
street dirt, and debris. Solid waste does not include any material
that is an infectious waste or a hazardous waste.
For the purposes
of this definition, solid wastes includes bulky items such as
automobiles, car parts, furniture, bed springs, appliances, paper,
cardboard, barrels, boxes, ashes, rags, carpets, glass jars and
bottles, crockery, metal cans or containers, rubber products, tires,
mattresses, and items similar to those herein listed.
Apply for a
Registration Certificate
Call the
Environmental Division of the Allen County Health Department at 419-228-4457. Certificates are issued
annually in September.
Forms
Regulations & Guidelines
Fees
Fees vary and can
be found on the
Uniform System of Fees. Questions about food
service operation fees can be directed to the Environmental Division
of the Allen County Health Department at 419-228-4457.
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