The SouthEastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management District was formed on March 1, 1989 by Guernsey, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Washington counties in compliance with Substitute Ohio House Bill 592 which required that counties form solid waste management districts to provide for the reduction of solid waste being disposed of in Ohio landfills, and to provide the District’s residents and businesses with guaranteed solid waste disposal capacity for ten-year to fifteen-year periods. The District also provides programs for the recovery of common recyclables from the home as well as special wastes such as scrap tires, household appliances, electronics, and household hazardous wastes through a variety of private sector and governmental contractors.

The SouthEastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio comprising the following counties as its jurisdictional boundaries; Guernsey, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble and Washington. The District is required to secure adequate disposal capacity for solid waste for its constituents and businesses. This access to solid waste disposal capacity is provided through Capacity Assurance Agreements with Subtitle D Landfills, Scrap Tire Monofills, and Solid Waste Transfer Station Facilities in Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania as are listed in the Disposal Facility Section.

SouthEastern Waste District Operation and Activities

The District’s operation and activities are funded through a $2.00 per ton fee that is assessed to all solid waste received at the contracted facilities for disposal. With the two dollars per ton, the District employs a District Coordinator and secretary. It contracts for 6 annual household hazardous waste collections, six annual appliance collections, six annual television/computer/electronics collections, and six annual scrap tire collections. In addition to this, the District contracts with the Morgan County Commissioners, the Noble County Commissioners, and the Muskingum County Commissioners to operate community recycling drop-off locations in all of the member counties.