The performance of Rumpke Consolidated Cos., North Royalton’s garbage collector, has improved over the past month after city ...

Brecksville has picked up the option to use Rumpke Waste & Recycling in Colerain as its collector of trash and street sweepings for a third and final year.

Contaminated items are sent to the landfill. Contamination — such as plastic bags — costs Rumpke at least $1.5 million per year between disposal costs and the lost time from equipment being down. Not ...