Solid Waste Committee adopts amended education priorities, sends plan to city commission

The Salina Solid Waste Management Committee voted to adopt its annual solid-waste plan with a formal amendment to add plastics education, river-collaboration work and the “waste pyramid” as recommended public-education topics.
The committee’s approval sends the plan and the committee’s recommendation to the City Commission, which must review municipal plans before the committee’s required submittal to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). KDHE’s reporting deadline for the plan this year is Nov. 30.
Committee members said the vote formalizes topics the committee discussed earlier this year and makes clear which outreach priorities staff and volunteers should promote. The committee chair moved the item to formal action as part of the annual plan review; a committee member seconded the motion and the chair called a voice vote. Members recorded no opposing votes and the motion carried.
Committee members and staff also noted that while the committee adopted the topics now, any new measurable goals or metrics would need separate public notice and a December goal-setting discussion to be incorporated into next year’s plan.
Next steps: the committee’s recommendation will go to the City Commission for approval and, if approved, the city will submit the plan to KDHE by the Nov. 30 deadline.