Thomas County, Kansas: Thomas County Landfill/Household Hazardous Waste

Landfill

Larry Jumper, Landfill Director

Hours:

9-5, Monday - Friday (Winter Hours)

9-6, Monday - Friday (Summer Hours)

9-4, Saturday

1-4, Sunday

Contact Information:

Email:
tclandfill@st-tel.net

Phone: (785) 462-8139

Thomas County Landfill/Household Hazardous Waste

Household hazardous waste is collected anytime during regular business hours.

Recycling Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Mercury Spills, Disposal and Site Cleanup

Landfill Fees (As of 01/01/2006)

In-County
Construction & Demolition	$16/ton - $3.00 Min.	Construction & Demolition
Cardboard	$31/ton - $3.00 Min.
Fencing/Wood	$15.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	Clean Wood, Cedar Fence, Wood Scraps
Dirty Construction & Demolition	$62.00/ton - $3.00 min.	C&D containing trash etc.
Tires	$2.00	Cars and Light Trucks
Tire & Rim	$5.00	Cars and Light Trucks
Reg Truck Tire	$5.00
Tire SS	$7.00	385/425/445-35R-22.5
Truck Tire & Rim	$12.00
Heavy Truck Tire	$15.00	11.1-18.4 X 48
Tractor Tire	$27.50	18.4-23.1 X 42
Quartered Tires	$35.00	Per Ton
Large Loader	$55.00	23.5-30.5
Grain	$5.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	Grain and Spoiled Grain
Grain Dust	$30.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	From Dust Collectors
C.D.M.S.W. Pit	$15.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	Mixed M.S.W. C/D loads to M.S.W. Pit
Concrete	$7.50/ton - $3.00 Min.	Clean Concrete
Concrete (Recycled)	$8.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	Recycled
Pallets	$16.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	Clean Wood to M.S.W. - C.&D. Pit
Furniture	N/C	To M.S.W. - C.&D. Pit
Appliances	N/C	Must be free of FREON
		Proof of Certified Disposal
Appliances	$26.00 each	Undrained Appliance Containing C.F.C.
Compost	N/C
Cover Dirt	N/C
Metals	N/C
Cable	$25.00/ton	Heavy Coiled Cable
MSW	N/C	For the General Public
MSW Charge	$31.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	For Municipalities and
		Private Commercial Trash Haulers
Trees	N/C
Used Motor Oil	N/C	Recycled
Special Waste	$36.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	K.D.H.E. Permitted Waste
Miscellaneous	$35.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	Non-K.D.H.E. waste requiring special
		handling. Example-discarded records
Asphalt Millings	N/C	Clean asphalt chucks to recycle

Out-of-County
	$60.00/ton	Construction, MSW, Trees, Metal,
		White Goods, Grain Dust
		(Must be sorted)

The following is a list of items that will be accepted and not accepted in areas of the Thomas County Landfill

Municipal Solid Waste and other waste, such as Construction and Demolition, MUST be weighed separately in order to correctly calculate the tonnage reported to K.D.H.E.
This is necessary to keep under the 20 ton per day maximum allowed by the Kansas department of Health and Environment's regulations.

What will NOT be classified as Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)		Where it should go

Construction and Demolition Debris	$15.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	C.&D. - M.S.W. Pit
Stuffed or wood furniture	N/C	C.&D. - M.S.W. Pit
Mattresses & Covered Box Springs	N/C	C.&D. - M.S.W. Pit
Metal, Appliances (No CFC)	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Automobile Bodies		Salvage Yard
Compressed Gas or Air Bottles or similar containers	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
General Construction Metal	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Electrical fixtures and electrical wiring	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Farm Implements and parts thereof	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Lawn Equipment (Mowers, Spreaders, Tillers, etc.)	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Metal Furniture	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Metal Shelving	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Metal Playground Equipment	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Metal Pipe	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Rebar or Remash	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Outdoor Grills or similar	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Sheet Metal (Roofing, Siding, Duct-Work, etc.)	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Weels or Rims	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Wire Fencing or any type of Rolls of Wire	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Paints, Stains, Varnishes (Unless dry and can pass the paint filter test)		H-H Haz. Waste
Used Motor Oil	N/C	Oil Disposal Tank
Restaurant Fry Grease		Vendors Scheduled Pickup
Tires	Priced According to size	Tire Recycling Pile
Tire Scraps	$35.00/ton	Tire Mono Fill
Treated, Untreated Wood, Pallets	$15.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	C&D Area
Wood Scraps (All)	$15.00/ton - $3.00 Min.	C&D Area
Trees, Tree Limbs	N/C	Tree Pile
Yard Waste	N/C	Composting Area

The following items WILL BE classified as Construction and Demolition
$15.00/ton with a $3.00 Minimum

Carpet
Linoleum
Floor Tile/Ceramic Tile
Ceiling Tile
Sheet Rock
Plaster
Shingles (wood and asphalt)
Non-Friable Asbestos
Wood (stained, varnished, painted, pre-treated, Formica, covered, and pre-finished)
Wood Scraps, Cedar Fencing, Any untreated wood
Plastics (hard plastics, fiberglass, such as car bumpers and truck hoods)
Glass
Insulation (fiberglass, rock wool, dense Styrofoam)
Porcelain (such as plumbing fixtures)
Vinyl Siding
Pallets
Mattresses/Box Springs		N/C
Stuffed Furniture (Couches, Recliners)		N/C
Small amounts of Brick and Concrete Rubble pieces (Keyword here is SMALL)		N/C
Loads of Brick and Concrete	Concrete Area	$7.50/ton - $3.00 Min.
Dirt		N/C

The following items WILL NOT be classified as C&D!

Paper Products	Trash Truck or Recycle
Cans	Trash Truck or Recycle
Bottles	Trash Truck or Recycle
Cardboard	M.S.W. Truck or Recycle
Calking Tubes (Full or Empty)	M.S.W. or Trash Truck
Plastic Jugs or Buckets	M.S.W. Truck or Recycle
Metal (Except for small scraps from siding etc., or banding)	Metal Area
Television Sets	M.S.W Area or Trash Truck
Any Plastic or Metal Buckets (with joint or glue compound)	M.S.W. or Trash Truck
Tires	Tire Disposal Area
Chemical Containers (triple rinsed)	M.S.W. or Trash Truck
Garbage in General	M.S.W. or Trash Truck

Yard Waste that WILL be accepted at the Compost Area

Grass	N/C
Leaves	N/C
Grain and Grain Dust	$6.00/ton for Grain, $31.00/ton for Grain Dust
Straw and/or straw mixed with manure	N/C
Wood Chips	N/C

Waste that WILL NOT be accepted at the Compost Area

Noxious Weeds	N/C	M.S.W. Pit
Trash or Garbage	Empty bags go into on-site dumpster. Other trash should be deposited in the Trash Truck by the office.
Tree Limbs or Branches	N/C	Tree Burn Area
Concrete	$7.50/ton - $3.00 Min.	Concrete Area
Metal	N/C	Metal Disposal Area
Glass or Plastic Bottles	On-site dumpster or Trash Truck by the office
Twine	Trash Truck by the office
Plastic Bags	Empty bags go into on-site dumpster. Other trash should be deposited in the Trash Truck by the office.
Plastic of any kind	Trash Truck by the office
Flower and vegetable pots or containers	Trash Truck by the office

These lists may be subject to change to insure Thomas County remains in compliance with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment\'s Regulations.

It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that the Scale Operator has the ability to CLASSIFY the different wastes entering the landfill. This information is used in reporting tonnages to K.D.H.E. in order to keep our landfill operating.

Different waste must be VISIBLY separate on the scale to insure proper reporting.

At the operator\'s discretion, loads may be turned back or charged higher tipping fees on loads that have MIXED DEBRIS!

This may not be an exclusive list of items not allowed in Municipal Solid Waste and that determination must and shall be made by Thomas County Landfill Employees to do so.

Failure to recognize or sort loads according to rules set forth by K.D.H.E. may result in denial of disposal at the Thomas County Landfill.