North Kent Transfer Station Overwhelmed | Grand Rapids News

North Kent Transfer Station is bursting at the seams—with a 36% surge in trash and construction waste, making it the busiest facility in the county. To cope, they’ve expanded services like Styrofoam recycling and food waste pickup, but staffing shortages are biting: they need 19,760 hours annually but only get 16,640 from their current crew. The finance committee just approved two new full-time operator roles to slash overtime costs and reduce reliance on rehiring retirees, while also tweaking hours to open at 6:30 AM weekdays for commercial haulers. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/fc45dbb0eb1c5bae