Environment Articles

First-ever Metro KC Climate Action Summit aims to increase climate resilience
June 5, 2019 | Posted in Environment
Kansas City skyline from a distance with green park in the foreground and a blue sky

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at the Johnson County Community College for a special event with internationally recognized speakers who will discuss emerging trends, climate change and action steps for the Kansas City region.

Clean air? We’ve got this.
May 1, 2019 | Posted in Environment
Passengers boarding a RideKC bus

As our region enters ozone season, here's what you can do to help our air quality.

Top Five Ways to Recycle Better
April 22, 2019 | Posted in Environment
Food packages in a trash can

April 22 is Earth Day, the time of year when our thoughts turn to environmental issues. The MARC Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) encourages people in the Kansas City region not only to recycle more, but to recycle better!

Contamination can’t be recycled
March 14, 2019 | Posted in Environment
Aluminum cans up close

Contamination is the term used by the recycling industry to describe anything in a recycling bin that shouldn’t be there. Contamination decreases the value of recyclables, increases processing costs, can be dangerous for workers and can cause your recyclables to be sent to the landfill. The average contamination rate among communities and businesses is currently about 25 percent. That means that roughly one in four items placed in a recycling bin is not actually recyclable.