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Mike Sever
February 9, 2010

By Mike Sever

Record-Courier staff writer

Slumped revenue for recyclable materials has resulted in two layoffs at the Portage County Solid Waste Management District.

District commissioners recently approved the job cuts. Two workers on the recycling line at the Brimfield recycling center will be affected.

Commissioner Chris Smeiles said workers represented by the Teamsters had turned down a request for financial concessions earlier this year.

William Steiner, director of the recycling district, said revenue from the sale of recyclables continues to be low.

Steiner also got approval to temporarily shut down the district's hazardous home chemicals collection program for this year, due to the budget crunch.

"I don't think our budget is going to be able to address" the program this year, he said. Steiner said the program, which allows residents to turn in leftover containers of hazardous household chemicals and pesticides, "is a very valuable service for residents."

Without it, there is concern that chemicals could end up being dumped down the sewer, he said.

The center on Mogadore Road in Brimfield will continue to take compact fluorescent lights and waste oil, Steiner said.




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18.
    Posted by Junebug70 February 14, 2010
LOL!! I find YOUR wit(please note correct spelling), or rather lack thereof, vastly entertaining!! Might I suggest that if you are going to resort to name-calling, petty insults and just plain stupidity on a public forum that you use spellcheck??

However, despite your willingness to continue this ridiculous online dispute, I must decline from stooping further to your level. My teenage sons are more mature, respectful and literate than you are. You obviously have nothing better to do than sit at your computer, hiding behind an online name(where's that courage & honesty you spoke of earlier??), & insult a person you don't even know. Furthermore, this story is not about you or I, it is about men & women losing their jobs. So, keep posting if you so desire, I'm done with you. After all, I, for one, have a fulfilling life that does not include sitting @ my computer and arguing with the likes of you.

"We cannot control the evil tongue of others; but living a good life enables us to disregard them".

Cato the Elder

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    Posted by Mr. Destiny February 14, 2010
That's it?? That's your whitty comeback?? Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! Don't you have some garbage to seperate or you your boss to complain about, or how you and your union deserve more??

Oh, that's right you are done posting because you have completely told me off right??? Bwahhahahahahahahahahaha!!!

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    Posted by Junebug70 February 13, 2010
"Intellegence"??? Or did you mean "intelligence"? Who's the moron?? You are a waste of time, My Girl. Move on to another story where you can post your petty insults & senseless ramblings.

Have you reached the middle of your lollipop yet??

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    Posted by Mr. Destiny February 12, 2010
KittyKat4

"Also, finding any kind of job in the current economic climate we are facing is tough, so perhaps you should take your suggestion of these people making a career change & shove it up your arse."

So this is your definition of class and intellegence!?!? You moron!! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Posted by Junebug70 February 12, 2010
MY Girl-

Blah, Blah, Blah. You obviously lack both class & intelligence. Just for the record, I'm not an employee @ the facility. Also, stooping to your level on a public formum is far beneath me, so if you want to continue to spew forth your ignorance for everyone to read' have at it. I have much better things to do with my time than sort through your online garbage! Keeping sucking on that lollipop, girl.

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    Posted by Mr. Destiny February 11, 2010
KittyKat4

Why yes as a matter of fact I do see closing down forced recycling as a responsible solution to the recycling boondoggle!!! The mediocrity and foolishness of the entire program has been sucking on the taxpayer for over a decade. Beware the lollipop of mediocrity - lick it once and you suck forever!

If my family worked there the first thing I would do is have the courage and honesty enough to tell them to get a job with a future outside of seperating someone elses GARBAGE!!

I have a life far above the stench of your turd hole garbage center. You can always get a job at Waste Management you pathetic garbage picker loser. Shove that up your garbage hole!!!

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    Posted by Junebug70 February 11, 2010
@ My Girl

You consider firing everyone who works there a responsible solution? Putting hardworking men & women, with families to support, out of work just because YOU think the recycling program is "a waste" is ok with you? What if that were your husband, father or brother working there? Would you still have the same attitude? Also, finding any kind of job in the current economic climate we are facing is tough, so perhaps you should take your suggestion of these people making a career change & shove it up your arse. Who are you to judge what people do for a living? Perhaps you should take you're own advice & "shut down the madness". Ignorant people like you really tick me off! Get a life!

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    Posted by ittybitty February 10, 2010
MyGirl.....the union has been in place at the "recycling" plant for many years. The issue Is not the union it is the director there. If you ever have an opportunity to talk with any employee there, they will tell you what its like working for this pathetic miserable man. He takes great pride in disrupting peoples lives.....he gets pleasure out of it. But I will agree with your last comment....the only person that needs to be fired is the person at the top!

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    Posted by Mr. Destiny February 10, 2010
I guess I would question what you would expect that you would make as a wage doing a job sifting through garbage..?? Might want to look at a career change.

Great!! Now they have a union at the "recycling" plant. Guess we will get that cost passed on to us next!!

The whole recycling program is nothing but a waste and a government boondoggle. I say fire them all from the top down and shut down the madness.

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    Posted by WhiteRamor February 10, 2010
For years the blue collar heart of the operation there have worked in extreme cold and hot situations dealing with rats, blood, aerosols, noise, syringes and all manner of harmful materials that have come in there. The union was brought in due to a 18 month wage freeze that resulted in a 1 &1/2% raise while the white collar workers got a 13% increase. Request the wages of the commissioners and white collar workers of the recycle center and see for yourself how rediculously overpaid they are.

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