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The Lake Region Solid Waste Authority is a consortium of six Kansas counties who joined together in 1995 to help each other solve solid waste issues, build recycling facilities, dispose of household hazardous waste properly and encourage the public to reduce, reuse and recycle. MEETING DATES AND OTHER NEWS MEETING MINUTES LAKE REGION PROGRAMS The Lake Region Solid Waste Authority is not another layer of bureaucracy, nor is it a waste hauling service. Rather, we provide a liaison service between the counties and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and offer grant writing and administration services and educational programs to the six-county region. Some of our programs include: *RECYCLING IN ALL SIX COUNTIES - Each county has a modern, well-staffed and well-equipped recycling facility. *HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES - Three permanent sites, mobile collection and several satellite facilities. *EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. Invite the Lake Region administrator or board members to speak at your school or civic organization. *GRANT WRITING/ADMINISTRATION - Since 1995, the Lake Region counties have received more than $1.5 million from state grant funds to build the facilities and keep them operating. *VERMICULTURE. Composting worms available for school science class projects. LRA regional coordinator will come to your school to talk about composting worms and get a class started on a project.

COUNTY BY COUNTY
The six-county Lake Region is a diverse place geographically and demographically.

Miami and Franklin counties are semi-rural, with 12 percent population growth as they are on the southern edge of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Osage County is on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills and is gaining population from the Topeka metroplitan area.

Linn, Anderson and Coffey counties to the south are far more rural, with topography ranging from hardwood forests in Linn County, along the Missouri border, to rolling plains in Coffey County.

With such diversity, the counties have forged a unique relationship to help solve the area's solid waste issues, allowing each county to maintain its autonomy, but at the same time sharing information, technology, equipment and other resources.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact the Lake Region Solid Waste Authority coordinator Chris Anton at 913-259-9376 (mobile), 913-783-4785 (FAX) PO Box 213, Paola, KS 66071 or email Lake Region SWA

KANSAS - KEEPING IT CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL We think Kansas is a great place to live and we encourage everyone to REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE to keep our state clean and green!