The Labette County Solid Waste Management Committee on Thursday night voted on a number of points its members want to see in a contract for operating a trash transfer station south of Parsons.
The 15-year contract with Waste Corporation of Kansas was signed in January 2005 and expires in January 2020. The tipping fee for cities that bring trash to the station is $44.37 a ton. Trash is collected at the station, pushed into trailers and trucked to WCK’s Oak Grove Landfill at Arcadia, about 60 miles away.
Committee members discussed the dump fee, the length of the contract, hours of operation and charges for smaller loads by citizens cleaning out garages or getting rid of furniture.WCK is interested in a long-term contract so it can amortize the costs for improvements at the site, which is at the city’s old landfill. The company would like to build a pipeline to the city’s wastewater treatment facility for liquid waste from cleaning out the station. Leachate from the trash and water from the cleaning process is collected and trucked to the wastewater plant. The pipeline would simplify this process and save money in the long run.
(Read more: Parsons Sun)