City of Wellington, Kansas
Wellington, KS Public Works

Sanitation & Transfer Station

The City of Wellington provides collection and disposal services of solid waste (garbage, refuse and other discarded materials.

Contact

Nathan Nuss - Foreman

620-326-6252

Local Map 

Gerald Dawson- Dept. Head
geralddawson@cityofwellington.net

Jeremy Jones – Director of Public Works                                                                           jeremyjones@cityofwellington.net

 The Sanitation Fund represents the operating budgets for the City's refuse collection function and the solid waste transfer station along with the construction demo landfill. The Sanitation Foreman under the general management of the Director of Public Works supervises the daily operations.

  • The collections department has seven employees and three refuse trucks. The employees work four- 10 hour days and provide three days of residential and six days of commercial collection service.
  • The Sanitation Department provides refuse collection service for approximately 4,000 residential and 540 commercial customers.
  • The employees service and perform minor maintenance and repairs on their trucks and commercial dumpsters.  They also assist other public works departments as needed.
  • Employees respond in person or by phone to a variety of customer service related issues.
  • Funds from refuse collection fees also support the compost site and the recycling center. Both of these facilities have been well received by the community
  • Additionally, both programs aid the waste reduction effort to help reduce the overall cost of operations.

TRANSFER STATION
The Wellington Landfill has two employees, who are supervised by the Street/Sanitation Supervisor under the general management of the Director of Public Works.

  • The landfill transferred approximately 11,915 tons of solid waste to the Plumb Thicket Landfill in Harper County in 2007.
  • Approximately 2,168 tons of construction demolition will be disposed of in this facility in 2007.
  • The landfill also accepts approximately 300 tons of white goods, metal, and misc. per year.
  • A burn site for tree limbs is also maintained.
  • The landfill will accept approximately 400 tons of whole tires that are transferred out.

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    Landfill Hours

    Monday-Thursday  9:00 - 4:30
    Friday 8:00 - 4:30
    Saturday 8:00 - Noon
    Sunday Closed