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Recent Examples of transfer station
Once there, the bird visited a garbage and recycling transfer station run by the company Recology.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
Romero and Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz attended a public meeting in May held by the city about the South 10th project, an effort to build housing on the site of a former transfer station on South 10th Ave.
—Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Palm Beach County owns its waste disposal infrastructure, including six transfer stations through a special district established by the state Legislature.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
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.
—Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
Romero and Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz attended a public meeting in May held by the city about the South 10th project, an effort to build housing on the site of a former transfer station on South 10th Ave.
—Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Palm Beach County owns its waste disposal infrastructure, including six transfer stations through a special district established by the state Legislature.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
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.
—Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
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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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So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Accent was set on fire and later taken to a junkyard, where it was recovered by authorities, Toczylowski said.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Contributor Terri Williams praises its 50-minute run-time; tangle-free, five-stage filtration system; and dustbin disposal that deploys at the touch of a button.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
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When you’re done, simply pop open the large dustbin and empty debris directly into the trash—no tugging out tangled hair or gunk required.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The new approach offers a dual solution that simultaneously conserves agricultural resources and produces a biodegradable alternative to address landfill waste.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to the Global Fashion Agenda, that is the equivalent of a garbage truck full of clothing being incinerated or sent to a landfill every second.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Known to be pack rats, Allegheny woodrats will store large piles of food, called middens, in their dens.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
15 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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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer%20station. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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