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).

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

Sanitation / Collection

Nathan Nuss - Sanitation Supervisor

Office : 620-326-5951

320 S. West Rd

Local Map 

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

  • The collections department has six 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 3,000 residential and 300 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.

 

Purchased through the Utility Department and delivered by the City.

$65.13

 

 

Transfer Station

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

Nathan Nuss - Sanitation Supervisor                  (620) 326-5951

 

  • The landfill transferred approximately 8,961 tons of solid waste to the Plumb Thicket Landfill in Harper County in 2010.
  • Approximately 1,791 tons of construction demolition will be disposed of in this facility in 2010.
  • The landfill also accepts approximately 150 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.

    • Transfer Station Fees and Hours

         

                          
        Dump Truck Program