Environment

Johnson County’s Environmental Division works to protect the health of the public and the environment. Our programs and services include air quality compliance, regulating trash and recycling haulers and facilities, providing household hazardous waste and paint collection, septic systems and pool safety, and providing education and outreach on a wide range of environmental issues.

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Featured Services

Electronics Recycling Air Quality Environmental Complaints Recycling 101 Green Business Program Pool Safety Yard Waste and Composting

New Household Hazardous Waste Facility now open

The new Household Hazardous Waste Facility is now open in Overland Park. Drop off is by appointment only.

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Air Quality Environmental Complaints Environmental Records Requests Forms and Fees Green Business Program Hazardous Materials Recycling Septic Systems Solid Waste Swimming Pools Sustainability Consulting Sustainability Guide

Report an Environmental or Public Health Concern

If you have an environmental non-emergency complaint, submit this form or call 913-715-6900. If you believe an incident is life-threatening or involves a chemical or petroleum product spill, gasoline odors inside buildings or natural gas odors, call 9-1-1.
If you want to file a complaint about a food-related illness, restaurant or place of lodging, visit this page for contact information.
For all other public health concerns, send an email to jcdhe@jocogov.org. After business hours/weekends, call KDHE at 877-427-7317.
If you are a healthcare provider and need to report a communicable disease, call 913-826-1303. After business hours/weekends, call KDHE at 877-427-7317.