The Plan
We need to get hopping!
In Johnson County, 93% of residents feel that recycling is important but we are well below the national recycling rate. Challenge yourself, family, neighbors and co-workers to recycle more and help increase our county’s recycling rate past the national average. Johnson County Environmental is here to help you hop to it and reduce, reuse and recycle more!
The Johnson County Solid Waste Management Plan
Johnson County has a Plan for the future of our solid waste. Most of our trash, or solid waste, is sent to a landfill. Our Plan addresses the challenges we are facing, including the closure no later than 2027 of the privately owned and operated Johnson County Landfill, Inc..
There are four major Plan components that will help increase our volumes of recycling and waste diversion to 42%.
The Solid Waste Management Plan’s purpose is to provide for a county-wide solid waste management system. On December 13, 2007, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the new Johnson County Solid Waste Management Plan, 2007 Edition. Under Kansas law, the County must comprehensively evaluate the adequacy of its existing Solid Waste Management Plan at least every five (5) years as well as complete annual updates to the Plan. The Johnson County Solid Waste Management Committee reviewed the existing Plan and recommended that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopt the new Plan.
These following four strategies are for all of us who live and work in Johnson County:
1. Expand residential recycling and increase participation through education and outreach efforts.
2. Expand commercial recycling to businesses, schools and multi-family dwellings.
3. Restrict yard waste from disposal in the landfill.
4. Implement a pay-as-you-throw fee structure that makes recycling and waste reduction more cost effective than trash.
Click on the links below to read the details of the new Plan.
The Complete Johnson County Solid Waste Management Plan (PDF)
Brochure on the Solid Waste Management Plan: Planning for Our Future
For more information on the County’s Solid Waste Management Committee Click here.
Waste Characterization
In September 2006, the Johnson County Environmental Department retained Engineering Solutions and Design, Inc. (ES&D) to perform a series of waste characterizations -- also referred to waste picks or waste sorts -- at three selected sites within the county. This is their final report. The files are all in a (pdf) format.
Cover, Acknowledgements, Executive Summary and Table of Contents
Appendices Cover and Appendix A
Appendix B1 Cover and Appendix B1A and B1B
Appendix B2 Cover and Appendix B2A and B2B
Appendix C1 Cover and Appendix C1A
Appendix C2 Cover and Appendix C2A