Kansas City expands program.The second phase of the curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: recyclables collection program for Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo., began June 1. The first phase of the program began March 1 and covered roughly one-sixth of the city. The second phase of the curbside program includes an additional one-sixth of the city. Phase three, which begins Sept. 1, includes one-third of the city, while phase four begins Dec. 1 and encompasses the final third of the city. "With the success of Phase 1 behind us, we look forward to bringing curbside recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. to residents in phase two of the program," John Stufflebean, director of the Department of Environmental Management, says. "Bridging the Gap has been conducting informational presentations in the phase two neighborhoods and reports positive feedback from the residents," he adds. Bridging the Gap is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. under contract with the city to lead the RecycleFIRST neighborhood educational outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. effort. Residents in phase two received a mailing in late May, including a coupon that could be exchanged for a free recycling bin at select Westlake Ace Hardware and Price Chopper Price Chopper may refer to:
The total amount of recyclable re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. material collected was 195,000 pounds in cycle one (a cycle is a two-week period) and 318,000 pounds in cycle six. Stufflebean says this amount was better than expected and is steadily increasing. He adds that participation has been exceptional, with roughly 50 percent of houses participating on average. The amount of recyclable materials per participating household is averaging more than 30 pounds. The city's recycling contractor Deffenbaugh reports that the materials are clean and free of contaminants, though residents have mistakenly included plastic grocery bags, which are hot accepted in the program. Residents are permitted two trash bags without tags weekly. Each additional bag requires a trash tag that can be purchased for $1 at participating stores. In the first cycle of phase one, about 7 percent of the households placed more than two bags out without a trash tag. In the sixth cycle, this has been reduced to about 1 percent. |
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