transfer station
noun
: a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill
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Building the transmission lines and transfer stations needed involves huge land acquisitions, exhaustive environmental reviews and negotiations to determine who should pay what costs.
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Evan Halper, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Leaking batteries can also pose risks to workers at landfills, incinerators, and transfer stations.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
Republic trash trucks pick up municipal waste and deliver it to transfer stations, including one in Anaheim, where green waste and materials that can be recycled are separated out.
—Kevin Smith, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
Two law enforcement officials briefed on the case told the Globe that investigators recovered a hacksaw and blood evidence in trash at the Peabody transfer station.
—Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
The construction company would also build the facility, which will be an extension of the city’s current solid waste transfer station on Elkins Way.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
Half the trackers launched last pinged at landfills or trash incinerators, while seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that do not recycle, sort, or transfer plastic bags to recycling facilities, and six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off and hadn't been heard from in months.
—Evan Simon, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2023
More than 900 of them gather Gaza’s solid waste and haul it to transfer stations, paid $300 for seven-hour shifts.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
Six counties would use the transfer station, and the county says the plan would help manage waste in response to growth in the area and reduce overhead costs.
—Mary Helene Hall | Mhall@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
Evan Halper, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Leaking batteries can also pose risks to workers at landfills, incinerators, and transfer stations.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
Republic trash trucks pick up municipal waste and deliver it to transfer stations, including one in Anaheim, where green waste and materials that can be recycled are separated out.
—Kevin Smith, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
Two law enforcement officials briefed on the case told the Globe that investigators recovered a hacksaw and blood evidence in trash at the Peabody transfer station.
—Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
The construction company would also build the facility, which will be an extension of the city’s current solid waste transfer station on Elkins Way.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
Half the trackers launched last pinged at landfills or trash incinerators, while seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that do not recycle, sort, or transfer plastic bags to recycling facilities, and six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off and hadn't been heard from in months.
—Evan Simon, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2023
More than 900 of them gather Gaza’s solid waste and haul it to transfer stations, paid $300 for seven-hour shifts.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
Six counties would use the transfer station, and the county says the plan would help manage waste in response to growth in the area and reduce overhead costs.
—Mary Helene Hall | Mhall@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
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