transfer station
noun
: a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill
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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
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
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
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Mary Urban, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 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
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
See All Example Sentences for transfer station
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfer%20station. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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