Rumpke purchases Kentucky transfer station

The Covington, Kentucky, city commission is expected to approve an $8 million sale of the city’s solid waste transfer station to Colerain, Ohio-based Rumpke Waste & Recycling.

According to The River City News, the city is planning to adopt a 10-year contract with Rumpke. As part of the agreement, Rumpke would need to take over operation of the transfer station by July 1 and replace the former transfer station with a “new, 16,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility.”

Covington is also working to negotiate new location with its public works department, which is expected to become home to Rumpke’s Northern Kentucky headquarters, including at least 50 full-time equivalent jobs.

Upon completion of the new transfer station, Rumpke would pay the city a fee of $1 per ton for solid waste accepted at the station for the next 20 years. The company is also expected to give Covington residents a discount on household waste and bulk items that they drop off and honor the terms of the current lease for a portion of the property that's being used as a fire training center.