According to industry experts, the average NFL stadium generates over 80,000 pounds of trash each game. And that doesn’t include the trash and waste from tailgating, a favorite pastime – it’s just from the interior concessions the organization and its vendors produce. Landfills release massive amounts of methane gas into the atmosphere. And over a...
On Aug. 16, partner organizations joined Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and EPA Region 7 staff for a tour showcasing compost operations in the Kansas City region. Stops included Compost Collective at Urbavore Farms, Missouri Organic Recycling and KC Can Compost’s headquarters. EPA representatives got to see first-hand how local composting aligns with the agency’s initiatives...
Last week, the management council of the Solid Waste Management District hosted speakers Richard Mabion and Jeff Severin. Mabion is founder of Building a Sustainable Earth Community and a member of EPA Region 7 National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). Severin is the Senior Program Manager of the Heartland Environmental Justice Center at Wichita State...
The Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition, a long-standing initiative of KC Healthy Kids, convenes diverse stakeholders to advocate for an equitable, sustainable and resilient food system in greater Kansas City and promote policies for the nutritional, economic, social and environmental health of the community. The coalition is an alliance of individuals, government representatives, businesses, and...
On December 9, a group of energized individuals gathered at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to take part in the Resilient Success Stories Event. With a packed house, participants heard 12 stories from around the region: The Merriam Residential Sustainability Grant, Kompas Kapital’s refurbished headquarters building, Kansas City Public Library Climate Action Dashboard, Lee’s Summit Green Infrastructure improvement program, The HCA Nature Action Crew, Big Shoal Farm, Mission Conservation Improvement program, Johnson County Watershed Master Plan, Johnson County Park & Recreation Districts Forest Restoration, The Tomahawk Creek Water Treatment Facility, The KCMO Neighborhood Clean Up Program and KCMO's Climate Resiliency Protection Plan.
Momentum is building throughout the Kansas City region
to transform our community in ways that create greater levels of sustainability and climate resilience. To embrace and accelerate positive change, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and Climate Action KC will highlight selected local or regional Resilient Success Stories at the Kauffman Foundation on the morning of Dec. 2, 2022.
It's important to remember that the emissions generated from waste disposal into landfills represent only one stage of that product's life cycle. Waste and resulting emissions can occur at all stages of the life cycle, from resource extraction, farming, manufacturing, processing, transportation, sale and use. And these life cycles can be altered by recycling, reuse and other waste diversion actions.
The EPA announced over $469k in funding yesterday for three KC area sustainable materials management programs, including a food waste reduction action plan from the Mid-America Regional Council.
