Chadron Transfer Station is Now Open for receiving regular household solid waste. SWANN Staff took comprehensive steps to address the matter of inappropriately disposed of home-use oxygen tanks.
Approximately 10 a.m. on Monday December 16th, 2024, Solid Waste Agency of Northwest Nebraska (SWANN) discovered approximately 12 home-use oxygen tanks in a load of trash that was collected from an alleyway in Gordon, NE. SWANN staff were immediately activated and as a precautionary measure closed the Transfer Station for safety purposes. Local news agencies and appropriate authorities were contacted for notice to the public of the closure and dangers that were posed.
After thorough investigation, which caused a backlog of trash disposal processes, Executive Director of SWANN, Jake Stewart, felt that the dangerous items had been eradicated from the debris that was collected containing these oxygen tanks.
SWANN and news agencies are committed to implementing an educational campaign to bring awareness to local area residents and communities on proper solid-waste disposal in our service region. The campaign is designed to prevent future occurrences of such hazardous and dangerous materials being inappropriately disposed of. Stewart and the SWANN Staff again, ask their customers to be vigilant in knowing what they’re disposing of and what is allowed in their dumpsters.
Since 1992, SWANN has provided exemplary services to the service area in which they serve, readers are encouraged to go to SWANN’s newly upgraded website swannsites.com. Their website is ever changing and growing with educational information about the solid-waste disposal services in the Northwest Nebraska panhandle.