Kansas City, let’s talk about trash on our highways. Where do you see the worst mess?
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Let’s talk trash
Readers across the Kansas City metro kept asking us about trash: Is recycling really recycled? What’s up with all the trash on the highways? And where does our trash actually go when we throw it away? We’re digging in — literally.
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Kansas City drivers have noted a familiar — and ugly — sight along the metro area’s highways.
Trash.
Plastic bags, carpets, wooden skids, car parts, seat cushions and other garbage litters the metro area’s roads.
The Star is taking a closer look at that problem as part of a series of stories this spring examining a wide range of trash problems in the Kansas City area.
And we need your help.
We want to hear the questions and thoughts you have concerning litter and trash on the roads and highways you drive. How does it affect the metro’s image? Where are the problem areas?
We’re working to answer questions that have already been raised: Is one side of the Missouri and Kansas state line worse than the other? Who is responsible? What can and should be done?
Please respond to the brief questionnaire below to let us know of your thoughts and concerns.
This story was originally published March 15, 2023 at 11:43 AM.
