Olathe, Kan., is using a modern tr...

Olathe, Kan., is using a modern transfer station, built through a public/private partnership, to remain competitive in the Kansas City metropolitan area solid waste market, which is dominated on private haulers.

The city provides its residents with solid waste collection and disposal. further when the Resource Conservation and redemption Act's Subtitle D requirements went into result Olathe was faced with spending millions of dollars to either upgrade the existing landfill or build a of the present day site. Hauling the trash in city vehicles to a privately avowed landfill 20 miles away was another option.

However, none of these options was charge effective, so the city decided to build a transfer station. This option would mean that someone otherwise would dispose of Olathe's trash and deal with Subtitle D requirements.

A public/private partnership between Olathe and Hamm Construction, Perry Kan., flowed The private company operates the transfer station and hauls