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Recycling Timeline

1988 Compost site property purchased 1997 James “Red” Seivers actively lobby’s for a yard waste composting site for the village 1998 Joe B. Strong & Larry Seymour are elected to office on the promise to create a compost site 1998 A compost site is approved by the Ohio EPA for the village 1999 Village Administrator Rawley Ross and Contractor Tom Gage construct the site 1999 The first ever village-wide cleanup is a door-to-door endeavor 2000 Cleanup becomes an annual event and moves to a fixed location at the clubhouse 2000 The first of many grants from the Ashtabula County Solid Waste District is used to grind yard waste at the compost site 2003 Mike Hamper, Perma-Gro Landscape Co., is hired to re-design and expand the site for ease of use 2003-09 Mike Hamper acts as a “volunteer” caretaker of the compost site 2011 Grant funding is eliminated by Ashtabula County for grinding yard waste

Composting Facility

All village residents enjoy benefits related to a community compost site located on State Route 6 and Dodge Road near the Lake Vue Drive entrance.

Established in 1998 under the leadership of former Mayor Joe B. Strong and Village Administrator Rawley Ross as a Class IV Composting Facility, the site is both registered with and monitored by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

The 48.336 acre location provides a free place where only village residents may both dispose of their yard waste and also take wood chips and mulch for landscaping purposes. No trees, branches or stumps from lot clearing operations are allowed to be disposed of at the site.

Also, the compost site may only be accessed by landscapers or contractors on behalf of a client in Roaming Shores. If this policy is violated the perpetrator may risk being banned from doing business in the village for a minimum of one year.

Hours of operation are limited from sunrise to sundown on Saturday and Sunday and at the discretion of the mayor or village administrator.