Kane County Government
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Climate Action Implementation Plan​​ ​

Waste Mangement.pngWaste Management

Sector Goals

  • ☁️ GHG Emissions: 7.2% drop in greenhouse gas emissions. From 192,702 MT in 2019 → 178,745 MT in 2030

  • 🗑️ Solid Waste Generation: 2.5% reduction. From 797,714 tons in 2019 → 774,648 tons in 2030

  • 🍃 Organics Diversion: 2.3× increase. From 39,837 tons in 2019 → 91,000 tons in 2030

  • 🏞️ Total Landfilled Waste: 26.5% decrease. From 506,223 tons in 2019 → 371,900 tons in 2030

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WM 1:  Decrease total municipal solid waste handled 2.5% by 2030 (-17.5% estimated per household decrease).


​WM 2: Achieve 35% organics landfill waste diversion by 2030 (from 6.7% to 15% of total MSW).


WM 3: Increase recycling from 31% to 37% of total MSW handled by 2030.    


WM 4: Decrease municipal solid waste from government operations 15% by 2030.​​


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🚮 Currently in Kane County

☁️ Greenhouse Gas Emissions

3.2% of community-wide GHG emissions in 2019 came from solid waste

🗑️ Landfilled Waste

506,223 tons of waste were landfilled county-wide in 2020

🍃 Organics Collection

39,837 tons of organic material collected county-wide in 2019


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