Jay Senter
Jay Senter
Environment & Climate
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Recycling challenge numbers are in, and we’re…wait, what!?…number two? NO! NOOOOO!!!

This one is going to be difficult for me to type.

Final numbers are in for the MARC/Ripple Glass November recycling challenge, and (deep sigh)…

Sorry. I need a minute. Okay. Let me start over: Final numbers are in for the recycling challenge, and Prairie Village came in second place. Not first. First place went to Mission. Not to Prairie Village.

Here’s the scoop: MARC and Ripple Glass handed out the title based on the percent increase of glass recycled in November, not on total volume. So while we actually recycled more glass than Mission at our Village Shops and Corinth Square bins, they had a larger percentage increase over the previous month. Their increase was 18 percent. Ours was 12.

This is the kind of news that could lead a man to drink. But what would be the point? Without a contest, it’s not fun recycling beer bottles anymore.

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About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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