Increasingly Trashy Johnson County Running Out Of Landfill Space

Our 2nd favorite golden ghetto blog offers a glimpse at the future wherein our suburbanite pals will be forced to accommodate bigger dumps and all of the leftover Chinese junk they purchased from Amazon.

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"Commissioners heard the sobering presentation on landfill capacity last week. Although the study estimated 19 to 37 years of capacity left in landfills throughout the region, the Johnson County landfill’s worst-case scenario has it possibly closing much earlier. About 80% of waste generated in the county goes into the Shawnee landfill owned by Waste Management. Last year, the landfill got the permit to begin filling its last cell, or waste-holding area designated for dumping . . . The study estimated the Johnson County landfill could run out of space somewhere from 2037 to 2043."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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