Reminder: Survey Seyz Kansas City Landfill Need Isn't Critical

South Side advocates scored a victory that contradicts a great deal local chatter and timely campaign donations . . . Check-it:

"A new study from the Mid-America Regional Council didn’t get into the “where” a landfill should go, but it did address the urgency and turns out there isn’t any, according to their study.

"At a community meeting last week at the MCC-Longview Campus, MARC officials announced that the Kansas City metro area has 19 to 37 years left before area landfills reach capacity.

"And, that number could rise significantly with expansions at current sites, the study said. Even factoring in the years-long permit process required for a new landfill, the need is not imminent, the study said.

" 'It proves what we’ve been saying all along, that there is no immediate need for a landfill,' Raymore Mayor Kris Turnbow said."

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Is there a need for a landfill? At least one study says no

"The community is already transferring waste from populated areas to landfills located further away."