transfer station

noun

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Definition of transfer station

: a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill

Recent Examples of transfer station from the Web

Lake County made transfer stations an option for the first time in 2009, so that the county would be prepared for a time when the landfills were at capacity and no new landfills were possible, Willis said.

— emily k. coleman, Lake County News-Sun, "With lawsuits already filed over Zion landfill odor, residents wary of possible expansion," 7 June 2018
South Windsor officials are looking at ways to improve the recycling of glass collected at the curbside and at the transfer station.

— peter marteka, Courant Community, "South Windsor Considering Separating Glass From Its Recycling Stream," 6 July 2018
Ocean View filed a lawsuit against Rainbow in 2013, alleging that dust and odors from the company’s waste transfer station at 17121 Nichols Lane in Huntington Beach were making students at neighboring schools sick.

— priscella vega, latimes.com, "Demolition clears way for new multipurpose room at H.B.'s Oak View Elementary School," 5 July 2018
The highest score was 4.73 for the refuse transfer station.

— jane ford-stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "5 things taxpayers should know about a recommendation that $60 million is needed to upgrade West Allis city buildings," 28 June 2018
That includes expansion of either existing landfills, the construction of a new landfill or additional transfer stations where garbage is collected by trucks and taken to landfills in the Rockford area, Willis said.

— emily k. coleman, Lake County News-Sun, "With lawsuits already filed over Zion landfill odor, residents wary of possible expansion," 7 June 2018
Along with Hunts Point Market, the Bronx became home to dozens of waste-transfer stations—all of which increased truck traffic and exhaust fumes, as well as air contaminants—that were far removed from the city’s thriving downtown neighborhoods.

— sean patrick cooper, The New Republic, "Is America Ready for the Next Superstorm?," 4 June 2018
The waste-management authority in Lancaster County this spring more than doubled the charge per ton that residential trash collectors must pay to deposit recyclables at its transfer station, starting June 1.

— bob tita, WSJ, "Recycling, Once Embraced by Businesses and Environmentalists, Now Under Siege," 13 May 2018
The Illinois attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit in June 2005 against the Triad Auto owner and other companies involved in the waste transfer station.

— steve lord, Aurora Beacon-News, "Aurora to settle lawsuit with environmentally troubled car lot," 10 May 2018

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