Papillion's waste goes to the Sarpy County Transfer Station, and the County publishes more useful operating detail than most authorities do.
The station is on South 156th Street in Springfield, a short run from Papillion. Summer hours, from the start of April to the end of November, are 6 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday. Winter hours, from the start of December to the first of April, are 6 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday and 6 am to noon on Saturday, closed Sunday. It closes on the main public holidays, and there are no hand unloads within half an hour of closing. Inside the work zone, high-visibility clothing is required, you stay within three feet of your vehicle, children stay in the vehicle, and salvaging is not allowed.
The County owns the station but the gate itself is run under contract by a private waste company, which the County names on its own page. For that reason we name the station and give you its address and hours, but we do not print its telephone number, and we would rather you spoke to your account manager than to a competitor's line.
Here is the Nebraska point that affects every load. The County states that Nebraska law requires all loads being transported to be covered, and it enforces that at its own gate: a commercial truck arriving with an uncovered open-top load is charged a $50 fee approved by the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners, and the County says the rule is strictly enforced and applies to pickups, trailers, commercial and non-commercial trucks alike. The tarp pricing on the same Sarpy County rate schedule makes the point plainly: a pickup, van or SUV is $30 if it is tarp covered and $45 if it is not.
That duty reaches you as much as it reaches us, which is the strongest practical argument against the two-trips-in-a-pickup plan. Containers travel covered as a matter of course and the fee never appears on your invoice.