This refuse and recycling crew collects and disposes the City's refuse and recyclables. Recyclables are taken to the County Recycling Center for transport. By Ordinance, all citizens pay for this once a week refuse and recycling collection service. Commercial establishments have the option to contract for City Refuse Service. Large items, not picked up by the scheduled service, can be picked up for an additional fee by calling the Public Works Department.
Crews are on call throughout the winter to provide snowplowing and street sanding.
It is the private property owners responsibility to clean snow from their adjacent sidewalks. The Wastewater Treatment Plant is located three miles west of Gunnison at 524 County Road 32 and is surrounded by an airport mitigated wetlands study area. The plant is a 4.2 MGD extended air activated sludge process servicing the Gunnison and Dos Rios living area. The plants sludge is composted to be used by whoever wants to. The City of Gunnison Water Laboratory, located at the Wastewater Treatment Plant serves the surrounding basin from Montrose to Monarch and from Mt. Crested Butte to Saguache and Lake City.