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| There's a science and a system to waste management - to keep Kansas clean. Seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it? Waste Management. What is there to manage? You put the cans at the curb and - problem solved, right? Well, not exactly. |
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| Ever wonder how a landfill works? It's more than just a "dump." Despite common wisdom, it's not like a "dump" at all. It's more like a carefully designed, scientifically based brick-and-mortar system. |
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| You can directly affect the environment - just by managing your trash! We know - trash isn't at the top of your list of things to think about. After all - it's trash. To a lot of people that means "Not my problem." |
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| Find waste management facilities in your area! Got materials you'd like to take to the landfill? Want to know if there's a landfill near you? Find out what resources are close to home! |
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© copyright 2001
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Americans throw away about 10% of the food they buy at the supermarket. This results in dumping the equivalent of more than 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills each year.
More than 2/3 of the material going into landfills is degradable and/or recyclable.
Although plastics account for only 8% of the waste stream by weight, they occupy about 20% of the volume in a landfill due to their low bulk density.
In a lifetime, the average American will throw away 600 times their adult weight in garbage. That means that a 150-pound adult will leave a legacy of 90,000 pounds of trash for his or her children.
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