transfer station
noun
: a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill
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Half went to landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The company alleges that union members are blocking their access to trash pickup locations and preventing trucks from entering or leaving their transfer stations.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of our transfer stations are truck transfers.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Once there, the bird visited a garbage and recycling transfer station run by the company Recology.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The company alleges that union members are blocking their access to trash pickup locations and preventing trucks from entering or leaving their transfer stations.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of our transfer stations are truck transfers.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Once there, the bird visited a garbage and recycling transfer station run by the company Recology.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfer%20station. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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