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“Outstanding service. They were extremely careful delivering the extra large container into our driveway.” -- A. L. GARNER
For more information, visit www.raymore.com/trash or call the city’s utilities office at 816-331-5182.Aside from Raymore and Belton, the city of Harrisonville also opted for a new trash services provider to start work in 2018Harrisonville decided in August to negotiate a new contract with Municipal Waste Services, a change from WCA/Town & Country. The new monthly charge will be $14.80 per residence, which includes an administrative fee from the city.The new contract begins Jan. 1. A draft of the contract, which was approved Nov. 20 by the Harrisonville Board of Aldermen, is available on the city’s website. (Kansas City Star)
The untreated waste was hauled away from the landfill and incinerated or treated, Austin said.Flowing bloodThe drama started in late May when E.J. Harrison & Sons delivered some 20 tons of trash from Community Memorial in Ventura to the 216-acre Toland Road Landfill between Santa Paula and Fillmore.When the waste was dumped, operators of the bulldozers and compactors working to spread and flatten the trash saw “blood running out of the back of their loads.”Show ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideThe workers alerted supervisors, who summoned environmental health officials, said Chris Theisen, general manager of the landfill's operator, Ventura Regional Sanitation District. In inspections covering at least three loads of trash dumped over several days, officials found objects containing flowing blood mixed in with regular trash bags.When bulldozers attempted to push the loads together, intravenous bags, syringe plungers and empty pharmaceutical containers littered the soil, records state.Read more: Kaiser complex set to open in December; Community Memorial Hospital could face delayAfter examining trash at the landfill, Austin geared up in a hazardous materials suit and inspected waste at Community Memorial, a private nonprofit hospital. Reports show he found birthing pads and plastic C-section wound protectors contai... (Ventura County Star)
The city of Harrisonville is considering bids for solid waste and recycling services, and by the start of 2018, residents may see a new trash collector on their block, as well as an increased monthly charge on their utility bill.At Monday night’s meeting, aldermen had in front of them four bids from WCA, Jim’s Disposal Services, Municipal Waste Services and Waste Management. The city currently uses the services of WCA/Town & Country Disposal, which was acquired by WCA in 2015. According to City Administrator Happy Welch, WCA currently charges$10.80 per resident per month, and the city tacks on an administrative fee to cover office staff time, clean-up days and containers the city gets for the Burnt District Festival. Welch said some of those costs will be included with the new contract.But in the new year, city officials say residents should expect to pay more based on the proposals the city has received.The city made a request for the proposals last month. The proposals include services previ... (Kansas City Star)
