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Posts Tagged ‘Landfills’

Kansas City-area Residents Plead with Missouri Lawmakers to Stop Landfill

By | January 16, 2024 | 0
Sen. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, was joined by, from left, Sens. John Rizzo, D-Independence, Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, and Mike Cierpiot, R-Lee's Summit, at a news conference to discuss a moratorium on landfill development in Kansas City last spring.

Neighbors and nearby cities are opposing a landfill proposed by KC Recycle & Waste Solutions just south of Missouri Highway 150 in Kansas City.

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Missouri Capitol Showdown Looms Over Kansas City Landfill

By | March 7, 2023 | 0
Rep. Mike Haffner, R-Pleasant Hill, speaks during the 2022 legislative session. Haffner is sponsoring legislation that would block a proposed landfill on the boundary between Kansas City and Raymore.

The prospect of a landfill on the edge of Kansas City near a golf course community has pitted several mayors against a company with an army of lobbyists.

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