COVID-19 has sent a jolt through every waste operation in the U.S. — large and small, public and private. But is persevering through these times different for smaller organizations than the “bigs” like Waste Management and Republic Services with their expansive human and material resources and multibillions in annual revenue?
With 25 employees and a $14 million budget, Reno County Landfill in central Kansas keeps trucking through the pandemic, though with some adjustments. After a month of split shifts with seven or eight employees working at a time to mitigate virus exposure, the whole team has came back full time.
