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Recent Examples of transfer station
Baltimore’s 2020 Recycling and Solid Waste Management Master Plan determined that eliminating WTE from Baltimore’s waste management process would cost taxpayers roughly $100 million to expand local landfill space and build transfer stations to truck more local waste out of state.
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Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
The safety enhancements include armed security guards patrolling transfer stations and along the Pulse line.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Projects that increase transfer stations and expand curbside recycling programs—plus any projects that make those two tasks cheaper—are prioritized as well.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
The safety enhancements include armed security guards patrolling transfer stations and along the Pulse line.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Projects that increase transfer stations and expand curbside recycling programs—plus any projects that make those two tasks cheaper—are prioritized as well.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer station
Noun
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024
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Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
Noun
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But what seems like a windfall quickly spirals into a chain of betrayal, junkyard standoffs and escalating violence.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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In Marietta, with meager funds, Marcus Brachman started a junkyard.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sweep up anything that falls on the floor in your porch and throw it in the dustbin.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The biggest issue with keeping hundreds of millions of pairs of shoes out of landfills each year is that they’re not designed to be recycled.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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Secondhand sustainability isn’t just about keeping clothes out of landfills.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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At others middens, livestock was reared locally, according to the study.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer%20station. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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