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Resident urges county to consider incineration to address landfill methane during public comment
Summary
During public comment Norman Oge urged the commission to consider incineration as a way to reduce landfill methane, citing observed methane fires and calling for long‑term waste solutions.
During the public comment period on June 4, resident Norman Oge urged the Franklin County Commission to consider incineration and other waste‑burning methods to address methane from landfills.
Oge said he was surprised by national energy statistics and recounted what he described as methane ignitions over a landfill east of Topeka. He told commissioners: "We are collecting our trash and literally building mountains of it, huge mountains of it. Maybe soon someone will see the light before it's too late."
Oge said modern incinerators can be equipped with pollution controls and described personal experience burning household waste in a home incinerator, adding that controlled burning reduced odor and water infiltration. He also mentioned cremation as an alternative for body disposition in cases of disease.
His remarks were delivered during the meeting's public comment period and did not prompt formal action by the commission at the June 4 session.
