President - Andy Vogt
Vice President - Allen Frederick
Treasurer - Jim Raeder
Asst. Treasurer - Maria Galanti
Secretary - Jenna Balazs
Asst. Secretary - Andrea Jones
Member - Rick Wallar
Office Staff: Office hours Monday to Friday 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Mark Call - Operations Supervisor
740-590-3320
Justin Turley - Asst. Operations Supervisor
740-594-5312 ext. 24
Tina Ball - Commercial/Residential Accounts
740-594-5311
Crissa Cummings - Executive Director and Human Resources Manager
740-594-5314
Caleb Boggess - AHRC Rural Action AmeriCorps Education and Communications Coordinator
740-856-2286
April Sinift - Accountant
740-517-5164
Luke Welch - Office Assistant
740-594-5312
Our Story
In 1984, AHRC became a leader in the state by establishing the first curbside recycling program in Ohio. Today we continue to strive to promote recycling in our communities. Athens-Hocking Recycling creates jobs while reducing waste, improving the economy, conserving energy and resources, protecting public health and the environment, and helping to increase national security. Recycling offers every citizen multiple opportunities, everyday, to make their world a cleaner, safer, and more beautiful place to live.
Starting in 2014, AHRC became a separate entity from the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To encourage more recycling and diversion of waste, we are continually striving to find ways of recycling more types of materials and to provide information on hard-to-recycle items and where to take them. With 35+ employees, AHRC continues to grow and jobs. We are turning waste into wealth.
Democracy in waste management is served only through a pay-as-you-throw disposal program. Those who throw away the most pay the most. Those who reduce waste and recycle pay less. Athens-Hocking Recycling encourages waste reduction and recycling through such a program. Customers and communities served by Athens-Hocking Recycling are given an incentive to reduce waste and recycle through the pay-as-you-throw service. Waste disposal costs for participants in the pay-as-you-throw program continue to be some of the lowest anywhere due to the built-in waste reduction incentive.
In January 2016, AHRC completed the construction of a new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). We are processing on average 25 tons of recyclable materials per day.
AHRC processes approximately 11 million pounds of material recycling per year. We continue to engage the community and our partners about recycling, the correct way to do it, as well as its economic & environmental benefits.
First Recycling Truck, circa 1984.
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