Dive summary:

• The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) announced a $300 million project to recycle items sent to the landfill as well as use the waste they do collect to power nearby businesses.
• SWACO will work with Florida-based Team Gemini LLC, to construct a receiving and sorting facility next to the landfill that will gather recyclable materials from incoming waste.
• In two years when the facility becomes fully operational they expect to divert about 1,000 of the 4,000 tons of garbage delivered to the landfill every day and eventually get to the point where companies can purchase goods made from recycled products at the facility.

From the article:

The materials will then be sent via a conveyer belt system to a facility Team Gemini will build across Rt. 665, where it will be sorted and made available for use in power generation and recycled-goods manufacturing.

One of the long-term goals of the project is to develop the site as a “green” industrial park where companies that produce goods from recycled materials can get the raw materials they need, and most of the energy needs of the companies located on site can be met by renewable resources. ...