Rumpke says landfill liner has been replaced following fire

Rumpke Waste & Recycling has replaced a portion of the liner beneath the Colerain Township landfill following a fire last month.

"Out of precaution, we decided to remove about a half-acre section of the landfill liner and replace it, and go through the certification process with the Ohio EPA to make sure that we can put trash in that area again," Communications Manager Molly Yeager tells WVXU. "When we looked at it, it didn't appear to have any damage to it, but we wanted to be absolutely, abundantly cautious."

The landfill has a sophisticated lining system made of clay, a plastic liner, a cushion layer, and a drainage layer consisting of either sand, shredded tires or pea gravel, depending on where it is in the landfill. In this section of the landfill, the drainage layer was comprised