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Little of the mixed consumer plastics thrown away or placed in recycle bins actually ends up being recycled.

The prospect of a landfill on the edge of Kansas City and a stones throw from a golf course community has pitted a half-dozen Missouri mayors against a private company with an army of Jefferson City lobbyists.

Developers hoping to build a landfill along Route 150 in south Kansas City have hired 18 lobbyists in the hopes of stopping state legislation that could kill the project before they even formally propose their plan. “They’ve run a covert cloak and dagger-like operation,” Raymore’s mayor told a Missouri House committee in February.

Developers hoping to build a landfill along Route 150 in south Kansas City have hired 18 lobbyists in the hopes of stopping state legislation that could kill the project before they even formally propose their plan. “They’ve run a covert cloak and dagger-like operation,” Raymore’s mayor told a Missouri House committee in February.

Opposition to a proposed Kansas City landfill has sparked an effort in the Missouri House to kill the project. The bill has passed committee.

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>> reporter: blake burr spends weekends working in his garage. the project, hes trying to help put the unsightly problem of discarded cigarette butts to good use. >> one bounced off my windshield while i was driving. theres got to be something that we can do with these. its just a huge problem. >> reporter: burrich collects the butts, peels away the paper from the tobacco. >> the process is very brief. from beginning to end, it would take about 15 minutes at the most. >> reporter: after the mate...

>> reporter: blake spends weeks working in his garage. the project? hes trying to put the unsightly problem of discarded cigarette butts to good use. >> one bounced off my windshield while i was driving. theres got to be something we can do with these. >> he collects the butts, peels away the paper and tobacco and micks whats left of the filt we are a homemade solvent. >> the process is rr brief. from beginning to end it would take about 15 minutes at the most. >> reporter: after the material so...

>> one bounced off my windshield when i was driving. theres got to be something we can do with these. its just a huge problem. >> reporter: he collects the butts, peels away the paper and tobacco and mixed whats left of the filter with a homemade solvent. >> the process is very brief. from beginning to end it takes about 15 minutes at the most. >> reporter: after the material soaks, he says the silly putty like substance can be used against corrosion or to reinforce materials like pipes in your ...