Announcements:
Public Comment Period Ends August 6th
Johnson County has updated the Code of Regulations for Solid Waste Management (Code) and it is available for public comment. The Board of County Commissioners is accepting comments about the proposed regulatory changes in writing or through its website. Letters to the Board should be addressed to:
Board of County Commissioners
Attention: Clerk of the Board
111 South Cherry Street, Suite 3300
Olathe, KS 66061-3441
The Board’s email address is: bocc-commissioners@jocogov.org
Download the complete proposed Code of Regulations for Solid Waste Management
Download the Frequently Asked Questions on the changes to the Code
Download the Board of County Commissioner's Briefing Sheet
Download Resolution 033-10 to set the Hearing on the Solid Waste Code
Download the power point presentation for the public hearing
The public notice was published in the following papers: the Johnson County Sun, the Olathe Daily News, the Shawnee Dispatch, the Quivirian, the Lawrence Journal World, the Bonner Springs Chieftain, the Gardner News, the Miami County Republic and the Legal Record.
Proposed
Changes to Solid Waste in Johnson County
Landfills in our region are filling up fast. If we continue to throw away trash at the current rate, the Johnson County Landfill will be full in less than 20 years, if not sooner. The Johnson County Solid Waste Management Plan calls for many measures intended to reduce the amount of waste we sent to the landfills for disposal.
The following recommendations are proposed in an update to the Solid Waste Code:
- January 1, 2012: Residential trash haulers must offer curbside collection of an unlimited quantity of recyclable material, and haulers must include this in their minimum (base) level of service.
- January 1, 2012: Trash haulers will be prohibited from collecting yard waste with regular trash for disposal in a landfill. Any yard waste collected by haulers must be separately bagged or bundled by the residents and properly composted or mulched for reuse.
- January 1, 2012: Trash haulers must charge their residential customers for trash service based on volume of waste put out at the curb for disposal (commonly known as "volume based" or pay-as-you-throw").