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Hanna Greer from SWACO calls in · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: They are the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: And I think is it Hannah, Yes, it is.
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  Speaker 1: She's on the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone lines
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  Speaker 1: with me right now, Hannah Greer from Suego. How are
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  Speaker 1: you the same ning?
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  Speaker 3: I'm great, shuck. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm slightly twisted but otherwise fine. What is if you
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  Speaker 1: could put one thing right at the top of your
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  Speaker 1: Hannah Greer advisory list tonight for stuff you want to
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  Speaker 1: make sure you're not throwing in your trash? Does it
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  Speaker 1: belong with the landfill? We don't want it at the
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  Speaker 1: Swaco landfill. What is the most common problem that you
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  Speaker 1: see down there?
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  Speaker 3: It really is batteries, believe it or not, especially luthium
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  Speaker 3: ion batteries that are in everything from our cell phones
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  Speaker 3: to our tablets. Those items are just really dangerous and
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  Speaker 3: we don't want them in recycling and we don't want
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  Speaker 3: them in the trash.
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  Speaker 1: So pretty much any of the rechargeable products these days
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  Speaker 1: are going to be the lutheine batteries, aren't they.
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  Speaker 3: That's correct, And the good news is Sweco's making it
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  Speaker 3: really easy and convenient to be able to safely get
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  Speaker 3: rid of those items. We just opened a convenience center
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  Speaker 3: located on Jackson Pike where you can bring all of
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  Speaker 3: your batteries, whether they are you know, your normal household
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  Speaker 3: alkaline batteries or lithium ion So you can bring those
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  Speaker 3: out to Jackson Pike. We'll take them off your hands
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  Speaker 3: for free and make sure they get disposed of in
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  Speaker 3: a way that keeps everyone safe.
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  Speaker 1: Now I've got because I'm an old, old, old guy,
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  Speaker 1: I've got some old cell phones that you didn't they
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  Speaker 1: didn't have removable batteries. Okay, that are like in locked
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  Speaker 1: in the case of the battery. Do you just do
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  Speaker 1: you donate the whole or bring the whole cell phone
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  Speaker 1: to Swaco or what you.
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  Speaker 3: That's the best route you can bring that whole phone
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  Speaker 3: to us. We take in addition to batteries, we take
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  Speaker 3: electronic waste, and so we'd be happy to take those
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  Speaker 3: old cell phones.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about because as I said, I know I've
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  Speaker 1: got a garage full and probably a lot of people.
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  Speaker 2: Do paint latex paint you dry it out? Is that
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  Speaker 2: what it comes?
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  Speaker 1: Do you like take the lid off and just let
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  Speaker 1: it dry out or do you have to put sand
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  Speaker 1: in there? I've heard that too. What do you do
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  Speaker 1: with old paint?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm so glad you asked me about this. This
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  Speaker 3: is the number one thing that gets searched on the
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  Speaker 3: Suaco website, so we know a lot of people have
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  Speaker 3: questions about it. But you're right, there's two different couple
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  Speaker 3: of different types of paint. Latex paint is not hazardous.
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  Speaker 3: You can pop the lid off of it. You can
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  Speaker 3: mix saw dust or even kitty litter into it, let
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  Speaker 3: it dry out, and then you can put it in
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  Speaker 3: your household trash. That's an easy way to get rid
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  Speaker 3: of it right at home. But if you don't want
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  Speaker 3: to do that, you can also bring it out to
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  Speaker 3: that convenience center that I was talking about at twenty
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  Speaker 3: five sixty six. Jackson Pike will take latex paint there
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  Speaker 3: from you. We'll also take all of your oil based
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  Speaker 3: other you know, more toxic type paints, your spray paints,
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  Speaker 3: things of that nature. We'll take all of that that
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  Speaker 3: convenience center.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Now, see spray paints, that's something else because that
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  Speaker 1: combines both paint and pressure. And I know I've got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of old spray paint where you use half
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  Speaker 1: the can and you forget you have it and then
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  Speaker 1: it rusts up and it's pointless to have it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but again you say that that's something you can to
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  Speaker 1: you and you can safely dispose of it.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody gets hurt.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, And if you don't want to drive out to
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  Speaker 3: Jackson Pike, we have a second location on East Eighth
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  Speaker 3: Avenue up by the State Fairgrounds. It's called the Household
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  Speaker 3: Hazardous Waste Facility. You can also take those items there.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Now is this is there a charge per can
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  Speaker 1: or per ounce or how do you is there no?
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  Speaker 1: Do you pay for any of this stuff?
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  Speaker 3: There used to be we used to charge a dollar
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  Speaker 3: per can for latex paint just because it wasn't hazardous
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  Speaker 3: and you could take care of it at home. But
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  Speaker 3: at our convenience center we've waived all fees for paint,
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  Speaker 3: so now we don't charge anything, and you can bring
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  Speaker 3: any type of paint that you're sitting with out to
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  Speaker 3: us and we'll take it off your hands for free.
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  Speaker 1: Oh okay, now that being said, that spike's my curiosity.
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  Speaker 1: This is Hannah grib By the way from Swako, and
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about how to get rid of stuff. You
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  Speaker 1: wave the fees on the paint, which makes me wonder, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: what is so bad that there are still fees? Do
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  Speaker 1: you have things that people turn in on a common
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  Speaker 1: base that you want to warn them ahead of time, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna we're going to need a buck for this
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  Speaker 1: or whatever it's more about.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like items like tires you can only actually transport
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  Speaker 3: I think up to nine tires at one time, and
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  Speaker 3: we do charge five dollars per tire to take those
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  Speaker 3: from you. They are just all kinds of regulations and
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  Speaker 3: like safety handling procedures we have to go through. The
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  Speaker 3: only other thing we charge for are like the old
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  Speaker 3: style TVs. We have a fee to take those off
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  Speaker 3: your hands. But we do take virtually every other type
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  Speaker 3: of electronic at our facility for free. So whether you've
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  Speaker 3: got a microwave that doesn't work or an old refrigerator,
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  Speaker 3: will take those for free, but some of the TVs,
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  Speaker 3: and like I mentioned, the tires have a fee.
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  Speaker 1: See you get your brain and mind are already connected
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  Speaker 1: because you said microwave, which is exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Where I was going.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't there some like nuclear radioactive component or something in
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  Speaker 1: a microwave that is you've got to kind of there's
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  Speaker 1: a special way that you have to dismantle that thing
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  Speaker 1: and get rid of the parts.
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  Speaker 3: Is there there is? And you know it, that's not
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  Speaker 3: really my subject metterics, but we contract with vendors.
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  Speaker 1: Devill messed with some nuclear ovens or something. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: need one hundred thousand dollars for that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, and a lot of you know,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of refrigerants and you know, a lot of
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  Speaker 3: these household items have murcury. And so there are a
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  Speaker 3: lot of just specialty handling partners that we work with
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that all of those materials are addressed
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  Speaker 3: in a very safe way.
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  Speaker 1: Tires have always kind of intrigued me because we keep
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  Speaker 1: finding new and more creative ways to use old tires,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's playgrounds or mixing into asphalt and so forth.
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  Speaker 1: And it seems like now that we found a way
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  Speaker 1: to reuse them and repurpose the materials, now it costs
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  Speaker 1: more to get rid of them than it did when
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  Speaker 1: we had no idea what to do with them. So
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  Speaker 1: I've always been kind of intrigued by that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, And I love that you brought that up, because
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  Speaker 3: you do see them at playgrounds. One of the things
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  Speaker 3: Swaco has done with them is your listeners probably know
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  Speaker 3: that Swaco owns the county landfill here in southwestern Franklin County,
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  Speaker 3: and every day, at the end of the day, we
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  Speaker 3: cover up the trash with shredded car tires and that's
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  Speaker 3: just a great way to get rid. I mean, the
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  Speaker 3: tires are destined for the landfill anyways, and so we
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  Speaker 3: go ahead and shred them up, and we just cover
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  Speaker 3: all of the waste with them, and that stops us
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  Speaker 3: from having to use something like dirt or some other
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  Speaker 3: sort of natural resource to cover those materials. So we
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  Speaker 3: use something that's already destined for the landfill, shred it up,
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  Speaker 3: cover up the waste, and meet all of our regulatory
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  Speaker 3: duties by doing that.
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  Speaker 1: If you guys ever want to do like a Swaco fundraiser,
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you this what you should do.
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  Speaker 2: You should.
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  Speaker 1: They'd have to sign waivers so they can't see you.
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  Speaker 1: But all for rides in the big trucks up on top.
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  Speaker 1: Because I'll tell you, man, I'm going down seventy one,
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  Speaker 1: I look over at this landfill and then you see
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  Speaker 1: this shooge dove truck up on top, except it looks
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  Speaker 1: like a hot wheels and you're thinking, man, that has
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  Speaker 1: got to be one giant hole in the ground. I
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  Speaker 1: just think it would be so cool to be in
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  Speaker 1: a vehicle that big and be so small in comparison
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  Speaker 1: to what's around you. I bet people would buy tickets
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  Speaker 1: for that.
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  Speaker 3: I bet you're right. I mean, we were definitely dealing
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  Speaker 3: with some steep slopes, and yeah, it takes a special
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  Speaker 3: person to get in one of those vehicles and roll
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  Speaker 3: over all of our trash every day.
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  Speaker 1: So hey, this time of year, everybody wants to do
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  Speaker 1: stuff around the house and so forth. What about I'm
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  Speaker 1: not talking about cinder blocks and so forth, but you
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  Speaker 1: know construction, You tear up the molding around the living room,
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  Speaker 1: put in some new carpet or whatever. Is that Swayco
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  Speaker 1: stuff or is that regular trash stuff?
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  Speaker 3: If it's coming from your home, yes, that's stuff that
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  Speaker 3: can come out to the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: if you're a business owner and that's your business, you
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  Speaker 3: need to send that construction debris to a CND landfill.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So if it's like the hazardous stuff, I guess
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  Speaker 1: if you're messing with asbestos and stuff like that, that's
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  Speaker 1: when you have to go to those special landfills.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, but if you've got some you know, like
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  Speaker 3: you mentioned floorboards, carpeting, that type of stuff, that stuff
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  Speaker 3: is safe to send out to the landfill. And we
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  Speaker 3: actually have a really convenient it's called a residence pad,
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  Speaker 3: so you can actually, as a resident in Franklin County,
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  Speaker 3: you can drive your material out to the landfill. We
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  Speaker 3: charge five dollars per load up to two hundred pounds
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  Speaker 3: of material, and we have a residence pad where you
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  Speaker 3: pull off to the side of the landfill and you
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  Speaker 3: can offload your truck or your vehicle right into the
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  Speaker 3: trash dumps are there. It's a really great way to
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  Speaker 3: get rid of big loads of stuff from your home.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, the less effort, the better. I like that.
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  Speaker 1: Before I have to say goodbye to you, would tell
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  Speaker 1: me what what does nobody ever ask that you wish
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  Speaker 1: people would grasp before bringing something or calling you with
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  Speaker 1: a question or whatever. That top of the list things.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what SWAKO is, here's what we do, and here's what.
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  Speaker 2: You need to know. So make sure you're hearing what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I love that question, and I you know, I
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  Speaker 3: guess I would just want people to know that SQUICO
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  Speaker 3: owns the landfill and Franklin County. We operate that with
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  Speaker 3: a very high regard for the community safety and public health.
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  Speaker 3: But we do a lot of recycling and waste reduction education.
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  Speaker 3: And so if you have a question about something that
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  Speaker 3: you have at home and you don't know what to
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  Speaker 3: do with it, go to recycle right dot org and
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  Speaker 3: search for what to do with my paint or my lawnmower,
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  Speaker 3: and we've got an answer for you there. So I
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  Speaker 3: just would want people to know. You may know us
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  Speaker 3: for the landfill, but we're really out here to help
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  Speaker 3: you reduce your reliance on the landfill and look for
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  Speaker 3: ways to recycle items that you have on hand.
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  Speaker 1: This may seem like a silly question too, but I
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  Speaker 1: have to ask it based on the usage the materials
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  Speaker 1: coming in the growth of the Franklin County that you're serving.
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  Speaker 2: When does the current hole in the ground fill up?
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  Speaker 1: Do they have any idea when they're going to have
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  Speaker 1: to find a new location for the next one?
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  Speaker 3: We do. I mean, we're optimistic that, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: more we can encourage families and residents to recyc the
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  Speaker 3: longer the life of that landfill. Is going to last,
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  Speaker 3: but just today, sitting here today, if nothing changes, we
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  Speaker 3: have about forty two years of life left at the
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  Speaker 3: County Landford.
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  Speaker 2: Oh good, Okay, that's good. I don't have to worry
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  Speaker 2: about it that. I just it's another one.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, you drive down the freely, you look
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  Speaker 1: over and those little things pop into your head, like
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  Speaker 1: well I should ask this or I should know this
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  Speaker 1: kind of thing. I want to tell you that I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate you jumping in on such short notice. I just
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  Speaker 1: hit you with this on Friday and you were able
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  Speaker 1: to go any time available tonight. You have an open
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  Speaker 1: microphone here anytime you need it. If Sueko's got something
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  Speaker 1: going on, or people need to be alerted or whatever,
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  Speaker 1: you always have access through me. I guarantee that.
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  Speaker 3: Well. I really appreciate that and appreciate you thinking of Swako.
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  Speaker 3: We were happy to come on and with this beautiful weather,
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  Speaker 3: it's a great time to talk about spring cleaning. So
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  Speaker 3: for anyone listening, just go to recycle rate dot org
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  Speaker 3: and we'll be happy to help you find a place
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  Speaker 3: to recycle or reuse the items that you're looking to
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  Speaker 3: get rid of.
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  Speaker 1: I will get all your stuff posted on the social
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  Speaker 1: med today, so everybody can click right through. Hannah, thank
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  Speaker 1: you very very much. We'll talk again soon.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, have a good eating you too,