Recycling Road Show Roeland Park Sustainability Committee

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Recycling Road Show Roeland ParkSustainability
Committee

• May 27, 2009
• Craig Wood
• Johnson County Environmental Dept

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Overview

• Solid Waste Management Plan
• Tour of the Landfill
• Tour of the Recycling Facility
• Tour of Composting
• Questions

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Solid Waste Management Plan

• Johnson County Landfill to close no later than
  2027.
• Takes 82 of Johnson County MSW.
• KS-MO waste disposal split is 60-40.
• Currently, no large landfills are planned to be
  built.
• Other landfill disposal options are much farther
  away.
• How will we keep costs low?

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Sanitary Landfills in the Region
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Plan for the Future

• Expand residential recycling services.
• Increase commercial recycling by 35.
• Provide yard waste composting services, then
  restrict disposal in landfills.
• Implement volume-based trash collection rate
  structures with unlimited free recycling.

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Your View of the Landfill
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Johnson County Landfill
Receives over 5,500 Tons per day
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JCL Phase 6
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Synthetic Liner
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After 2 months
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After 8 months
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Feb. 09 (one year later)
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What are we Throwing Away?

• In 2006 and 2007, Johnson County and MARC
  sponsored a waste sort at Jo Co disposal
  facilities Johnson County Landfill, Olathes
  Transfer Station, APAC-Reno C/D Landfill.

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Waste Sort
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Waste Sort
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Pop Quiz

• What type of waste makes up 42 of the Johnson
  County Landfill?

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Solid Waste Hierarchy
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Current recycling rates

• Johnson Countys overall recycling rate is
  22.6!!!
• Residential 13
• Commercial 34
• National recycling rate is 34
• EPA says 75 of waste is recyclable

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Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
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MRF Town and Country
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Sorting of materials
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Bailed Recyclables
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What can go in your bin?
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Future Composting Plans

• Increase composting site outlets and services in
  the county.
• Restrict yard waste from disposal in landfills in
  2009.
• Changes to yard waste collection, disposal, and
  costs.
• Educate, Educate, Educate

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Compost can be reused!
Potential to save 11 of landfill space
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Alternative Options for Residents

• Subscribe to a collection service to pick up yard
  waste separately for composting.
• Mulch grass clippings and leaves back on the lawn
  with a mulching mower.
• Start a backyard compost and use the product on
  your gardens.
• Use a drop-off facility

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Waste reduction progress

• Yard waste is already collected separately, then
  composted in . . .
• Missouri
• Prairie Village
• Roeland Park
• Westwood
• Olathe
• North Leawood
• Some Overland Park subdivisions
• Fairway
• Mission

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Goals Pay as you throw

• Work towards countywide volume-based waste
  collection rate structure (by 2013)
• Charged per bag of trash.
• Treat trash services like a utility bill.
• Materials set out for recycling and/or composting
  are then collected for free.
• Over 6,000 U.S. communities have successfully
  implemented volume-based rate structures
  (including KCMO, Mission and Westwood).

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Recap

• Our regions landfill is reaching capacity.
• The best thing we can do is recycle and compost
  now.
• Save space and save money in the future on
  disposal.

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Thank You!

• Craig Wood
• Craig.Wood_at_jocogov.org
• Or
• Julie Coon
• Julie.Coon_at_jocogov.org
• 913-715-6900