Kansas City’s Talking Trash

Readers across the Kansas City metro kept asking The Star about trash: Is recycling really recycled? What’s with the trash on the highways? And where does our trash go when we throw it away? We dug in — literally.

One Johnson County city is trying out composting. Could it spread across Kansas City?

Olathe’s program, in its pilot phase since January, already collects hundreds of pounds of food scraps a week. Now leaders are looking to the future.
Updated June 3, 2023 12:55 AM
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