Fostoria: Cheap Liquid Waste Disposal for WinWaste Innovations

FOSTORIA – According to a conversation had with the Ohio EPA, the following facts have been verified:

The City of Fostoria will be accepting Win Waste’s liquid toxic waste through the wastewater treatment plant. This was announced by the Mayor on Feb 4th, 2025.

The liquid waste, or “leachate,” will be transported by semi-truck and tanker. 550+ trips are estimated to move the entire 3,050,000 gallons of water.

The City of Fostoria is required to test the processed waste after filtering and treatment as it is discharged into the Portage River.

Here’s a short summary based on the information provided by City of Fostoria:
1. Payment: The city was paid at a rate of $0.04 per gallon for the storm water management.
2. Transportation: The storm water was transported to the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) using trucks.
3. Deposition: The waste was deposited at a designated dumping station at the treatment plant where it undergoes treatment.
4. Testing: The city facilitated the sampling of the storm water, which was then handed over to BoJhun for testing. Results are pending, which is typical for the sampling process.

Receipts for these services will be available after the monthly billing cycle.

The Controversy:

The City of Fostoria is currently the cheapest location for Win Waste Innovations to dump their liquid waste since Tiffin stopped accepting it. Fostoria Mayor Don Mennel is supporting the Fostoria Landfill by providing a cost-effective method for leachate processing.

How can the community trust that Win Waste Innovations did NOT purposely cause the leachate spill? After all, some employees have started the rumor online that they were “sabotaged”. I find this defense mechanism hilarious because people who are against the landfill are for environmental protection. It does not take a genius to understand the effects of a leachate spill.

Some Fostoria locals are hoping that the money received by Win Waste will potentially go towards funding the remaining $1 million for the incomplete 2024 Splashpad Soakpark project.

This project was announced one week prior to the Mayoral election by current Mayor Don Mennel with the assistance of the City’s undocumented partnership with the ‘unofficial’ Public Relations Officer (Scanner Media), a news outlet with 30,000+ followers and a special seat within city government. The City embarrassingly underbudged the project by $1 Million or nearly 100%. In my opinion this hype was nothing but a stunt pulled by Mennel to get elected. If outsiders would like to know how NOT to run a city government, I encourage you to research deeper. For now, the children of Fostoria continue to wait for their soak park.