Westerville residents can safely dispose of household chemicals, electronics, and other hazardous materials Saturday during the city’s fall Household Hazardous Waste Collection.
The collection runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Westerville Public Service Complex, 350 Park Meadow Road. Drivers should enter Park Meadow Road from Schrock Road. The event is part of Westerville’s twice-yearly hazardous waste program in partnership with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.
Accepted household hazardous materials include gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, paint thinner, turpentine, drain cleaners, bleach, paint strippers, antifreeze, pool chemicals, insecticides, rat poison, fire extinguishers, and mercury or nickel-cadmium batteries. CFL bulbs will also be accepted.
Latex and water-based paint can be dropped off for a disposal fee, typically $1 per gallon. Dried or hardened latex paint can instead be placed in regular curbside trash. Oil-based paint is accepted at no charge.
Residents also may bring electronics, including computer equipment, televisions, phones, cameras, copiers, fax machines, VCRs, radios, and wires. The collection will accept up to four tires per household, vape pens, and fats, oils, and grease in sealed containers.
The city will not accept needles or other medical waste, asbestos, propane tanks weighing more than 20 pounds, ammunition, or regular trash. Shredding services will not be available.
Jennifer Aultman Hired By Eastern Shawnee Tribe
Nearly two centuries after the Eastern Shawnee Tribe was removed from Ohio, the tribe has hired its first employee based in the state, choosing Westerville resident and school board Vice President Jennifer Aultman to lead its work reconnecting tribal citizens with their ancestral homelands.
Aultman began serving in March as executive director of strategic homeland partnerships, a newly created position intended to maintain and expand the tribe’s relationships in Ohio and strengthen connections between Eastern Shawnee citizens and places tied to their history.
The Eastern Shawnee’s last reservation in Ohio was near present-day Indian Lake before tribal members were removed from the state in 1832. Aultman’s appointment gives the tribe an employee living and working in Ohio as the 200th anniversary of that removal approaches.
Vertiv
Vertiv is moving deeper into the power systems needed to support artificial intelligence data centers with a planned acquisition of UtilityInnovation Group valued at up to about $2.6 billion.
Vertiv will pay $1.45 billion in cash at closing, with up to $1.15 billion in additional payments tied to future EBITDA targets. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
UtilityInnovation Group provides microgrid controls and behind-the-meter power systems for data centers. Vertiv said the acquisition will extend its capabilities closer to the utility interconnection point as increasingly power-intensive AI computing places greater demands on electrical grids and individual data center sites.
The acquisition comes as Vertiv emphasizes the impact AI processors are having on data center power and cooling systems. In a Sept. 8 technical article, the company examined how GPUs, TPUs, CPUs, and custom ASICs create different infrastructure requirements and introduced “tokens per megawatt” as a measure of AI infrastructure efficiency.
Vertiv said rapidly changing AI workloads require coordinated power, cooling and control systems capable of supporting rack densities of up to 140 kilowatts while responding to sudden changes in electrical demand.
DHL
DHL announced two freight initiatives in September, although neither involves DHL Supply Chain’s Westerville-linked operations.
DHL Express launched a Heavy Weight Express service for U.S. shippers moving international freight weighing up to 6,600 pounds, with individual pieces weighing up to 2,200 pounds. The service includes dedicated priority desks, real-time tracking, fixed pricing, and end-to-end handling through DHL’s aircraft and operating network.
The service targets customers in industries including manufacturing, technology, life sciences, and energy.
Separately, DHL Global Forwarding acquired Uruguay-based Aero Cargas S.A., expanding its presence in South America and its international freight-forwarding network.
DHL Express operates Heavy Weight Express, while the Aero Cargas acquisition involves DHL Global Forwarding. Both are separate from DHL Supply Chain, the DHL business with operations in Westerville.
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