HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County Solid Waste Director Megan Davidson let Hutch Post know that the landfill is closing at 1 p.m. Tuesday due to the forecasted high winds.
The Reno County Solid Waste Department reserves the right to turn away all customers of municipal solid waste, construction/demolition waste material and any other potentially airborne solid wastes when there is a sustained wind speed above 45 miles per hour, or gusts above 50-55 miles per hour or before a forecasted wind of 45 miles per hour or above arrives.
Customers weighed-in as of 1 p.m. will be allowed to dump, but all others will be turned away and asked to leave the property.
Landfill staff will work diligently to cover the open disposal area as well as possible to keep trash and other debris from becoming airborne.
The landfill will open a half hour early to commercial traffic on Wednesday, since the winds are not due to die down until well after the facility is closed. That means the landfill will open for that commercial traffic at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.