Anderson County

Tax revenue and tipping fees finance the county’s solid waste operations. The Solid Waste Supervisor manages the day-to-day operations and determines the annual budget, which must be approved by the Board of County Commissioners.

Transfer Station / C&D Landfill / Recycling / HHW
25404 NE Nebraska Road, Garnett KS 66032
(785) 448-3109

Mon-Fri: 7 AM - 3:30 PM
Sat: 8 AM - Noon

Communities served by the county include:

Garnett – 2nd Class City (county seat)
Colony – 3rd Class
Greeley – 3rd Class
Kincaid – 3rd Class
Westphalia – 3rd Class
Bush City – Unincorporated
Harris – Unincorporated
Welda – Unincorporated

Visit the Solid Waste Department page on the county's website for the most up-to-date list of accepted waste and associated costs.

Municipal Solid Waste (Trash)

Most areas of the county and the smaller cities have weekly waste collection. The City of Garnett is the only municipality in the county with a city-owned collection service with its own employees and trucks, where there is a mandatory service fee for residents on their utility bill.

Anderson County operates a transfer station, located off of Hwy 169, just south of Garnett. Waste is accepted from municipal and private haulers, as well as individual county residents. Residents may deliver trash or construction debris to the transfer station using their own vehicles.

Scheduling & Fees

There is a fee for using the transfer station, which helps to pay for facility operations and equipment. The County operators are trained to sample loads and keep records, and may reject loads containing unauthorized waste. Visit the county's website for the most up-to-date list of accepted wastes and associated costs.

Construction / Demolition Debris

Individuals and businesses may haul construction debris or similar wastes (roofing materials, plaster, drywall, plumbing fixtures, treated wood, untreated wood, floor tiles, windows) to the Transfer Station, where it will be buried in the county’s Construction and Demolition Landfill. Disposal fees are assessed according to the load weight.

Foundations, blocks, rocks, sidewalks, driveways, and asphalt must be placed in the clean rubble pile. Some dirt is acceptable, but NO other debris is allowed.

Only approved construction and demolition debris may be placed in this landfill, where each load is visually screened at the scale house to determine if it is acceptable for disposal. NO regular trash will be accepted.

Recycling

The county maintains a mobile recycling collection trailer that is routed between eight communities within the county monthly. County residents are invited to place their recyclable materials into the source separated bins on the trailer while it is in the community closest to them. The county also used a box truck to provide recycling pickup services for businesses within Garnett city limits.

Bush City
Colony
Garnett
Greely
Harris
Kincaid
Welda
Westphalia

County employees transport the collected materials to a permanent recycling center located just outside of Garnett, where they are sorted, separated, and baled before being shipped offsite to external vendors. County residents may drop off items for recycling, FREE of charge, during regular business hours.

Items for recycling must be rinsed clean and free of food, but labels do not need to be removed.

Accepted materials include:
⇒ Plastics with RIC symbol #1 and #2 Milk jugs ONLY
⇒ Glass - All colors. Remove lids. Container glass ONLY - NO dishes, Pyrex, ceramics, windows, etc.
⇒ Metals (steel, tin, and aluminum cans, clean pie plates, food containers, and aluminum foil)
⇒ Cardboard and Paperboard (cereal boxes, pasta boxes, shoe boxes, clean pizza boxes, etc.)
⇒ Office/ Mixed Paper (copy paper, envelopes, junk mail, flyers, etc.)
⇒ Newspaper and Magazines

Materials NOT accepted:
× Trash bags or plastic wrap
× Plastics with RIC symbol #3 through #7 (NO Styrofoam or PVC)

× Wrapping paper

× Kleenex, paper towels, or toilet paper

× Food wrappers or coffee filters

× Electronic waste (computers, TVs, printers, DVD players, phones, etc.)

Recycling Trailer Schedule

Household Hazardous Waste

Wastes are typically considered to be Hazardous if they have labels with the words “Warning, Caution, Poison, &/or Danger”, as they usually mean that the product had ingredients that may have one or more of the following characteristics:

Corrosive, Toxic, Flammable or Explosive.

The county has a Household Hazardous Waste program and accepts approved waste, for a fee, from residents during regular business hours. NO out-of-county waste is accepted. NO business or commercial waste is accepted. Examples of these wastes include, but are not limited to:

Mercury and mercury containing items
Paints and Solvents (NO Latex)
Household cleaning products
Pesticides and Herbicides (and their containers)
Batteries (lead-acid ONLY)
Oil and Automotive Fluids (eg. Antifreeze, Transmission fluid)

Materials NOT accepted:
× Aerosol Cans × Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs × Ammunition / Explosives

× Asbestos × Compressed Gas Cylinders × Infectious / Radioactive Waste

HHW Brochure

Batteries

Used batteries are typically accepted at local battery dealers for recycling. Lead-acid batteries are accepted as part of the county’s HHW program in order to be recycled. Lithium-ion batteries are NOT accepted at this time. Batteries will NOT be accepted into the general waste stream.

In order to reduce the risk for battery-related fires and to keep them out of the landfill, transfer station operators look for batteries while performing their random inspections of waste or recycling loads. EV batteries are NOT accepted at the transfer station or as part of the county's HHW program.

Electronic Waste

E-waste (computers, TVs, printers, DVD players, phones, etc.) is not currently being collected or accepted for recycling by the county. It will be treated as regular solid waste.

Waste Tires

Tire dealers in the county accept used tires for a fee. Used tires are also accepted at the transfer station for a fee. An approved contractor periodically picks up the tires for disposal, where recycling is strongly advocated. No tires are accepted in the general solid waste stream.

Compost / Yard Waste

Backyard composting is highly encouraged for county residents. Unfortunately, the county is not currently set up to accept or process any composting materials.

Special Waste

Click here to details on any of the following wastes:

Agricultural Waste
Animal Carcasses
Asbestos
Bulky Items
Car Wash Sludge

Industrial Waste
Junk Vehicles / Farm Equipment
Medical Waste & Sharps
Natural Disaster Waste
Scarp Metal / White Goods