HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County Solid Waste announced the landfill will exercise the right to turn away all customers of municipal solid waste, construction/demolition waste material and any other potentially airborne solid wastes when high-wind days and warnings are posted in advance.
The refusal of debris could occur when there is a sustained wind speed above 45 miles per hour, gusts above 50-55 miles per hour or before a forecasted wind of sustained 45 miles per hour or above arrives.
When the decision to close operations to the public is made, the gate will be closed at the discretion of the landfill. Customers currently weighed-in will be allowed to dump, but all others will be turned away and asked to leave the property.
Notifications of closure will be made immediately to affected customers, those haulers using the landfill on a regular basis through the media, by phone, and on social media sites within two hours of the decision/closing the gates.
Landfill staff will work to cover the open disposal area as well as possible to keep trash and other debris from becoming airborne.
Reopening of the landfill will be scheduled when the high winds have ended. If the landfill remains closed through the end of the business day, efforts will be made to open the landfill one half hour early the next business morning.
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