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Public’s direct benefits include landfill conservation, roads

Next Steps in Recycling

Pictured here is the Barton County Landfill, located at 350 Northeast 30 Road, Great Bend. According to Barton County Administrator Phil Hathcock, thanks to recycling efforts and increased compaction, the lifespan of the landfill has held steady at 60 more years for the past few years. Efforts to increase recycling, like those being considered by Sunflower Diversified Services, will only increase the number of years the county can continue to operate there. - photo by Veronica Coons

new_vlc_Sunflower 3 pic.jpg — Pictured here is the Barton County Landfill, located at 350 Northeast 30 Road, Great Bend. According to Barton County Administrator Phil Hathcock, thanks to recycling efforts and increased compaction, the lifespan of the landfill has held steady at 60 more years for the past few years. Efforts to increase recycling, like those being considered by Sunflower Diversified Services, will only increase the number of years the county can continue to operate there. - photo by Veronica Coons

Editor’s note: The Barton County landfill is funded through tipping fees. Those are the fees paid when residents or commercial sanitation companies dump trash at the landfill. Despite this, Barton County Administrator Phil Hathcock isn’t worried increased recycling by Sunflower Diversified Services could cut into the fees collected to operate the landfill.

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