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The Olathe City Council heard an outline of the plan at its June 9 stud y session and askedfor revisions. It will take up the issue agaihn in July or early Tim Danneburg, a spokesman for the city, said a recycling prograkm could bring two benefits. It coulc reduce the amount the city spendds on landfill fees and increase the life of the landfill thecity “If we aren’t successful in divertin g material from the landfill, then it will ultimatelyh cost our ratepayers more money in the Danneburg said. As proposed, householda would pay $18.
50 a month for trash and recycling Customers presentlypaying $3 extra each montnh for curbside recycling would see theifr bills reduced by 75 cents a others would pay $2.50 a month more. Danneburg said 11,000 of the 35,000 customers served by the city’s Waste Division already pay forrecyclint services. Kent Seyfried, solid waste manager for the city, said recyclinh of yard waste diverts 12,000 tons a year from the other recycling divertsanother 4,00 0 tons of waste. The goal for a citywid e recycling program would be to divert 32 percengt ofthe city’s residential wastre stream, he said, saving the divisionm about half a million dollars a year in landfillk fees.
Seyfried said residential landfill fees amountto $1.256 million a year. The totalp operating budget forthe city’s solird waste program is $10 million. He said the proposer citywide recycling program would require Olathe to spendaboutf $700,000 to retrofit four truckas and buy two new