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For over 20 years, Kaysinger has been an administrator for the Quad Lakes Solid Waste Management District. Similar to the planning commissions, the solid waste districts are divided up to cover every community within the state.
The Quad-Lakes Solid Waste Management District serves the Missouri counties of Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, and St. Clair. The purpose of the solid waste district is to utilize a portion of landfill fees and to redistribute those into recycling grants.
For more information, please contact Teresa Heckenlively
To visit the Missouri Recycling Association’s website, please click here. To visit the Solid Waste Management Program’s website, please click here.
“Recycling Initiative Grant Applications” are now available through the Quad-Lakes Solid Waste Management District (QLSWMD). These grants are to assist with start-up and/or education. Local governments, businesses, industries, schools, and/or individuals, within the QLSWMD six-county area, are invited to submit an application for these funds. The Counties included in the QLSWMD are Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, and St. Clair. Approximately $47,500.00 is available for the FY 2024 grant cycle. For more information, contact Teresa Heckenlively at [email protected] or (660) 885-3393.
One original and three copies must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 13, 2024, by the Kaysinger office.
Please mail the original + 3 copies to:
Quad-Lakes Solid Waste Management District
FY25 Grant
Attn: Teresa Heckenlively
221 N. Second St.
Clinton, MO 64735
Click here for the full application.
The Quad-Lakes Solid Waste Management Program through the Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is thrilled to announce our 2021 fiscal year recycling grant awardees!
This grant award will partially fund new playground equipment made with recycled materials for the El Dorado Springs elementary school.
This grant award is being used to purchase roll-off containers to collect ferrous metals to be recycled.
This grant award will partially fund the purchase of rolling recycling containers for the city’s residents to collect plastics, newspapers, aluminum cans, etc., and will help divert recyclables from landfills.
This grant award will fund the purchase of a larger storage container to support its growing recycling program.
This grant award will help fund scholarships to Sheltered Workshop employees so that they will have the ability to attend the MORA Annual Conference. The MORA conference provides speakers, tours, workshops, education, and networking opportunities. This funding allows attendees to come back with fresh new ideas to enhance their Sheltered Workshops and the ability to share information with those they interact with daily. These scholarships cover the cost of the conference as well as hotel room fees.
A total of $71,177.00 will be used to educate our citizens about the importance of recycling and the collection of items to be recycled. Diverting waste starts with us! The more recyclable items we can keep out of landfills, the more it will help our communities and the world.
Congratulations to all awardees!
Executive Board Members – Meet bi-monthly
| Chairman | Roy Meredith, Henry County |
| Vice-Chairman | Rick Pearson, Hickory County |
| Secretary | Rick Fosnow, Henry County |
| Treasurer | John Neuenschwander, St. Clair County |
| Member | Steve Daleske, Benton County |
Advisory Committee Members – Meet Quarterly As Agenda Items are Available
| Member | Melissa Fletcher | Expanded |
| Vice-Chairman | Roy Meredith | SW Mgt. Industry |
| Member | Eran Dawson | Comm. Waste Gen |
| Member | Kathy Nepple | Expanded |
| Chairman | Jeanine Jacomb | Expanded |
Full Council Members – Meet Semi-Annually
| Member | Jim Wheatley | Bates County |
| Member | Alvin O. Griffin | Bates County |
| Member | Dale Estes | Benton County |
| Member | Jim Hansen | Benton County |
| Member | Don Boultinghouse | Cedar County |
| Member | Vacant | Cedar County |
| Member | Vacant | Henry County |
| Member | Rick Fosnow | Henry County |
| Member | Robert Sawyer | Hickory County |
| Member | Rick Pearson | Hickory County |
| Member | Robert Salmon | St. Clair County |
| Member | Gerald Williams | St. Clair County |
| Member | Larry Dines | Appleton City |
| Member | Joyce Talley | Adrian |
| Member | Casey Koehn | Butler |
| Member | Klark Bohling | Cole Camp |
| Member | Rich Abdoler | Clinton |
| Member | Brad True | El Dorado Springs |
| Member | Nathan Lines | Lincoln |
| Member | John Neuenschwander | Lowry City |
| Member | Anthony Roth | Osceola |
| Member | Richard Brockman | Rich Hill |
| Member | Mary Norell | Stockton |
| Member | Randy Pogue | Warsaw |
| Member | Kim Henderson | Windsor |
| Member | Frank Charles | Urich |
REPORT ILLEGAL DUMPING HERE. For more instructions, read below.
Abandoned piles of household garbage, bags of yard waste, discarded appliances, old barrels, used tires and demolition debris can threaten the health of humans, wildlife, and the environment. These open dumpsites can be found throughout Missouri at the bottom of ravines, in empty lots and pastures, and along roadsides. These are illegal disposal sites. If allowed to remain, they often grow larger and attract more dumping by others.
Open dumps create a public nuisance, divert land from more productive uses and depress the value of surrounding land. They can also pose the following health, safety, and environmental threats:
Causing or allowing open dumping is illegal and may result in substantial penalties. Report open dumping to your local authorities. They can enforce any local laws and ordinances that prohibit open dumping. They can also work with the state to enforce state laws that prohibit dumping. The Department of Natural Resources is committed to investigating citizen reports of illegal dumping of solid waste. Complaint investigators are located in each Regional Office. While not every complaint can be solved quickly, we are committed to investigating promptly and taking appropriate action. You may also file a complaint online via the Illegal Dumping Complaint Report Form which is offered below. When the form is received by the department, it will be forwarded to the appropriate Regional Office for investigation. You are encouraged to provide as much information as possible about the dump, including a detailed description and information about its location (county, address, driving directions, etc.). We will also need information about the owner of the property where the dump is located. This information will help to expedite our investigation process. You may remain anonymous. We only ask for your identity so we can contact you in case we need more information to investigate your complaint and to provide you with information on the results of our investigation. Despite the best intentions, anonymous complaints often do not provide enough information to pursue the complaint properly. If you wish to remain anonymous and do not provide enough information, we will be unable to investigate your complaint. To report illegal dumping use our online form. Complete the form and return it in any of the following ways:
The department uses surveillance cameras at dumpsites across Missouri to combat illegal dumping. The goal is to educate people and provide alternative options, such as obtaining commercial trash service or using a permitted landfill, transfer station, or recycling facility for environmentally sound disposal.
