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Regional solid-waste study finds $250 million in recoverable material; Raymore urged to join local solutions
Summary
Diana Bryant of the Mid-America Regional Council’s Solid Waste Management District briefed the Raymore City Council on a regional metabolic study that estimates roughly $250 million per year in recoverable material currently sent to landfills and outlined local and regional actions to boost reuse, repair, recycling and organics processing.
Diana Bryant, director of the Solid Waste Management District at the Mid-America Regional Council, briefed the Raymore City Council on March 17 about a regional solid-waste “metabolic” study and the district’s work to expand reuse, recycling, composting and remanufacturing across five counties.
Bryant said the study analyzed waste flows for the district (Cass, Jackson, Clay, Platte and Ray counties) and estimated roughly $250,000,000 in material value currently lost to landfills annually. "There's a great opportunity — something like $250,000,000 of value is what is going to landfills right now," Bryant said, and the study models economic opportunity from capturing and reusing those resources.
Nut graf: Bryant framed the district’s role as planning and coordination rather than regulatory enforcement. The…
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