HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Employees at the Reno County Landfill were spending the day Thursday with the monumental task of cleaning up debris and trash that was scattered all around the area on Wednesday.
While the landfill has catch fences for trash, the 80 mph winds were more than enough to scatter debris more than a mile north and east of the landfill. Plastic bags were hanging in trees and all through fields adjacent to the facility. Crews were working to bag up the trash by walking through the ditches. Landfill Director Megan Davidson says she has been with the landfill for 20 years and has never seen anything like what they are facing.
Davidson says they are getting help from public works who sent over nine workers and her entire staff is out helping with the clean up. Davidson says it could be a couple of weeks before they can finish the clean up.
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