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County recycling office reports tire and food-scrap collections, volunteer cleanups in 2024
Summary
Keep Delaware County Beautiful and Delaware Public Health staff told commissioners that 2024 programs collected about 1.5 tons of string lights, 21 tons of tires across two sites, more than 16 tons of food scraps for composting, and thousands of pounds of litter through volunteer cleanups.
Jennifer Way Young of Keep Delaware County Beautiful presented the 2024 annual status report for the county recycling and litter-prevention office on Jan. 27, highlighting outreach and collection programs held from July through December.
Young said the county's holiday string-light collection yielded an estimated 1.5 tons of lights, similar to the prior year. A new passenger-tire collection held simultaneously at two locations — one in Radnor and one in Sunbury — collected about 10 tons at one site and 11 tons at the other, which Young called “very well received.” She said a voluntary food-scrap composting program sent more than 16 tons of food scraps to Price Farms Organics in 2024.
Other results cited: more than 1,500 pounds of recyclables collected at the Delaware County Fair; ClearStream recycling at Shawnee Hills Oktoberfest; a paint-grant project completed with Keep Ohio Beautiful and Sherwin-Williams to repaint the Village of Ashley municipal building; and 288 volunteers collecting roughly 3,000 pounds of litter in community cleanups from July through December. Young also noted an Olentangy River cleanup in August involving 70 volunteers who collected about 1,000 pounds of litter.
Commissioners thanked Young and county staff and noted the convenience of hazardous-waste and electronics drop-offs at the county transfer station. The board approved Resolution 25-53 accepting the report by voice vote; President Barb Lewis and Commissioner Gary Merrill recorded “Aye.”
