1. Fact #1
As the article said the $32 million, 100,000-square- foot recycling center that opened last fall is accepting about five times more rubbish than expected – and that's not a good thing.

2. Fact#2
According to the article company sees education as the biggest weapon to change well-intentioned customer habits. Under normal circumstances, about 2 percent of items sent to the recycling facility should end up being land filled.

3. Fact#3
The remainder of items including pizza boxes, glass bottles, newspaper, and empty aerosol cans are separated, processed and shipped to manufacturers as raw materials.

4. Fact#4
The Company leaders said acknowledge there's a balance between encouraging recycling but getting people to do what is needed so the plant runs efficiently.

5. Fact#5
When The Enquirer toured the facility last year, the conveyor system shut down for 10 minutes because a metal dog chain got tangled in the belts.

6. Fact#6
A series of conveyor belts carries the waste through the plant, where both workers and machines separate it and optic scanners track it through the plant.

7. Fact#7
The material then ends up in huge storage bins, before it's smashed, bound together and packaged in large bales weighing 800 to 1,200 pounds each.

8. Fact#8
The facility, which is operating at about 60 percent of its available capacity, can process about 55 tons of material per hour.

9. Fact#9
It handles material from 55 cities, towns, villages, and townships in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana.

10. Fact#10
It also sources material from Rumpke's operations in the Dayton and Louisville areas.

11. Fact#11
Rumpke spokeswoman Molly Broadwater said the company is trying to encourage recycling by sending out mailers, working with media, deploying larger recycling carts in communities, doing tours of recycling centers and doing presentations to schools and community groups.

12. Fact#12
A key piece in the education process is letting people know what the facility can and cannot accept. Plastic bags can be recycled but Rumpke's St. Bernard facility can't handle them, Dunn said. Other recyclers also handle cable cords and other electronics.

13. Fact#13
Rumpke's Cincinnati recycling center was destroyed by a fire in April The company said the fire's cause remains unknown but authorities believe the fire was caused by something flammable in a load of recyclables.

14. Fact#14
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15. Fact#15
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