Olathe says its residents raised their recycling rate last year, diverting 42.41% of waste from landfills. That figure was up from 40.03% in 2018.
By comparison, the city said, the waste diversion rate was 38% for Johnson County as a whole, 27% in Kansas City and 34% nationally. The diversion rate is based on residential recycled material and yard waste kept out of the landfill.
“The focus of our recycling this year has been to cut down on contamination,” Public Works Director Mary Jaeger said in a news release. “Our residents have responded by ensuring the correct waste items are in the correct collection carts.”
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