Transfer stations are facilities where solid waste is transferred from collection trucks to larger haul vehicles for transport to disposal sites. In places where disposal sites are distant from collection areas, this can be an effective means of lowering costs and improving the efficiency of a waste hauling and disposal system. They provide a central location between collection and disposal points to store and process waste for more efficient transport. It allows for fuller utilization of vehicles and collection crews; route organization is simplified; the impacts to roads on truck routes are minimized; traffic congestion can be minimized; and landfill operations are improved. Sometimes transfer stations include other processes such as shredding, baling, compacting, sorting, or recycling. This further reduces waste volume and can generate revenues from sale of recyclable materials, reduce costs for landfill disposal, and reduced transportation costs.


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    Title :

    Municipal Solid Waste Management Options. Volume 3. Transfer Stations


    Contributors:
    B. Bawkon (author)

    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    68 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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