Transfer Station

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Transfer Station: - Facility where solid waste is transferred from collection vehicles to larger trucks or rail cars for longer distance transport.
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News archive for Transfer Station::

Oracle wants action, not trash talk  -  05 Aug 2008
Arizona Daily Star,Waste Management has applied for an industrial-use permit and a rezoning of 2.93 acres for the transfer station, which is on the extreme eastern end of

Clean-up keeps dump busy  -  05 Aug 2008
Nelson Mail,Debris from gardens hit by last week's storm continue to roll in to the Nelson transfer station. By Tuesday morning, the equivalent of 1698 trailer loads

Residents trash Brewster dump policy  -  05 Aug 2008
Cape Cod Times,Under new enforcement orders from the board, Geisler and others will no longer be able to take wood and metal left behind at the transfer station.

Magic without mirrors  -  05 Aug 2008
TheDay,The Regional Intermodal Transportation Center is envisioned to combine a bus transfer station and parking garage with ferry connections and rail passenger

HRRA Continues Effort to Acquire Transfer Station  -  Aug 4, 2008
Voices,NEWTOWN - The Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority is seeking control of the area's transfer station on White Street in Danbury.

Let's relocate transfer station  -  Jul 31, 2008
Danbury News Times,Normally I would agree with your editorial of July 24 that "Public ownership is needed of Galante's transfer station." However, since the federal government

Council throws out waste station bid  -  Jul 30, 2008
Scotsman,CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a waste transfer station in Portobello have been thrown out by councillors. This morning they voted to reject the development

Transfer station to hit $131500  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Republican - MassLive.com,By NANCY H. GONTER EASTHAMPTON - The cost of creating a recycling center and "pay-as-you-throw" transfer station at the site of the former Oliver Street

SI Democrat Opposes Brooklyn Waste Transfer Station  -  Aug 1, 2008
NY1,One of Staten Island's congressial candidates opposes his Democratic rival's plan to build a waste transfer station in Brooklyn.

Transfer station draft statement is now available  -  Jul 30, 2008
Journal of the San Jaun Islands,The 266-page draft Environmental Impact Statement for the San Juan Island Transfer Station Replacement Project was made available to the public Monday.

Wiscasset Transfer Station Needs to Fill Gap Left by Freeman's Passing  -  Jul 30, 2008
Lincoln County News,By John Maguire The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted July 29 to advertise for a supervisory position at the transfer station in-house first,

Dayton transfer station fire under investigation  -  Jul 30, 2008
Nevada Appeal,Kland Moore, worker for Waste Management, walks through an empty Sutro Transfer Station Tuesday afternoon after a fire damaged the facility Monday afternoon

Collection day brings toxic trash parade  -  Aug 3, 2008
Roanoke Times,By Pete Dybdahl Keith Bottum and Natasha Thomas separate hazardous materials Sunday at the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority Transfer Station.

Disposal for home-generated needles available at transfer station  -  Jul 30, 2008
Willits News,The old needles, also known as "sharps," will be accepted at the transfer station if properly packaged according to the program's rules, says Mike Sweeney,

Hazmat at Vancouver Transfer Station sickens workers  -  Jul 29, 2008
News1130,VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Hazmat crews are at the Vancouver Waste Transfer Station in the city's south end checking out the source of what's sickened 15

A sign flap in Warner  -  Aug 3, 2008
Concord Monitor,As residents of Warner stationed at the transfer station, a public place, sought signers of a petition for the rehiring of Paul Fouliard as our recycling

New e-waste bin opens at Anza Waste Transfer Station  -  Jul 25, 2008
Valley News,Site Manager Ishamel Reyes in front of the new e-waste bins green bins at transfer station. The Anza Waste Transfer Station recently opened an e-waste bin

Commissioners discuss transfer station changes  -  Jul 25, 2008
Times Bulletin,In recent months, the transfer station has not been receiving the quantity of trash it anticipated and tonnage is down over that time period reported Bret

Funding in place for dog shelter Facility may be placed in Public ...  -  Aug 3, 2008
Gloucester Daily Times,..."As we discussed the needs of the shelter, it was apparent you'd need year-round water and, at the moment, the Transfer Station only has summer water I

Trash: Public ownership is needed of Galante's transfer station  -  Jul 24, 2008
Danbury News Times,It is crucial that one part of that empire -- the regional trash transfer station -- be publicly owned. The Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority is

Campaign aims to ease transfer station bottlenecks  -  Jul 24, 2008
Helena Independent Record,If the pattern continues, taxpayers may have to foot the bill for a renovation of the station or the addition of a new transfer station in the Helena Valley

Pelham budget cuts may mean changes at transfer station  -  Jul 23, 2008
Eagle Tribune,By John Basilesco PELHAM — Residents may have to start lugging their old carpets to Salem under a proposal to help trim spending at the transfer station.

Staten Island Transfer Station Earns Accolades  -  Jul 25, 2008
NY1,The new truck-to-container-to-rail transfer station, which handles all of Staten Island's residential garbage, began full service in April of last year.

DEC, AG, launch investigation into transfer station  -  Jul 25, 2008
Community News Weekly,CLIFTON PARK - Town officials have taken action to modify operations at the town transfer station to reduce complaints of persistent pungent odors.

Lights to be turned off in Watertown to save money Transfer ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
Town Times,Measures to save Public Works expenses will come as changes in the operational hours of the Watertown Transfer Station. Effective as soon has the Highway

Burglars take $2000 in items from Pittsfield transfer station  -  Jul 24, 2008
Bangor Daily News,By Sharon Kiley Mack PITTSFIELD, Maine - Several burglars struck the Pittsfield transfer station and recycling center overnight Tuesday, stealing scrap

Honor for waste transfer station at Staten Island's Fresh Kills  -  Jul 24, 2008
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,...by Staten Island Advance Less than two years after shipping its first load of Staten Island's trash, the Fresh Kills waste transfer station has received an

Transfer Station renovations debated  -  Jul 22, 2008
Winchester Star,By Eric Tsetsi/Staff Writer The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously last week to begin a trial, single-stream recycling effort at the transfer station.

Transfer Station (MP3)  -  Jul 24, 2008
Prefixmag,After listening to Seattle’s The Girls’ “Transfer Station,� you’ll swear you just jumped back to 2002, when dance-punk and the newest new-wave were the

Bids come in on transfer station  -  Jul 23, 2008
Grand Coulee Star,A Creston firm, Copenhaver Construction, submitted the low bid of $1050244.65, on the proposed Delano transfer station. The bid estimate by Gray & Osborne,

Boughton discusses Galante transfer station with officials  -  Jul 23, 2008
Danbury News Times,The federal government wants to auction Galante's assets as a single entity. The assets range from the White Street transfer station to racing cars.

New Music: The Girls: "Transfer Station" [MP3/Stream]  -  Jul 24, 2008
Pitchforkmedia.com,Yes, yes, "Transfer Station" may share its name with the buildings where garbage collectors deposit their garbage, but compared to many of the bands

Rehire Warner transfer station boss  -  Jul 22, 2008
Concord Monitor,Residents of Warner: Changes are being made at your transfer station that are not in your best interests. A citizens group is circulating a petition to

Group Home opts out of transfer station  -  Jul 21, 2008
VillageSoup Belfast,By Ethan Andrews BELFAST (July 21): The loss of Group Home Foundation workers at the Belfast transfer station has the city scrambling to maintain service in

Norris Bridge needs repairs; transfer station rule changed  -  Jul 24, 2008
SunJournal.com (subscription),In other business Monday, selectmen changed the transfer station policy that allowed people to take some items such as metals in exchange for other items

Plano approves waste-recycling transfer station  -  Jul 22, 2008
Aurora Beacon News,She pointed to a recent fire at a waste-transfer station in Batavia, which is believed to have been hazardous. "If we have a fire here, I'm afraid that my

Killingly: Transfer station to get new operator Aug. 1  -  Jul 20, 2008
Norwich Bulletin,By JOHN PENNEY The town’s transfer and recycling center will change hands next month, though residents shouldn’t notice the difference, town officials said.

Last of township's dumps to become transfer station  -  Jul 17, 2008
Peterborough Examiner,The township will turn the landfill into a transfer station where residents can drop off their garbage. The municipality will take the garbage from the

Waste transfer station open and operating in Paint Township  -  Jul 15, 2008
Clarion News,The transfer station is open and transferring trash from the local region to Veolia Environmental Services’ Greentree Landfill in Kersey.

Ellsworth Transfer Station Attendant Earns Top Honor  -  Jul 16, 2008
Ellsworth American,ELLSWORTH — The Maine Resource Recovery Association Friday honored city of Ellsworth transfer station attendant Van Stevens as its operator of the year.

Eliminating the decal  -  Aug 4, 2008
News and Record,Also during tonight's meeting County Administrator Bryan Foster is expected to advise Supervisors that the new transfer station for the collection of the

San Juan Island waste transfer station EIS will be released July 28  -  Jul 18, 2008
Journal of the San Jaun Islands,The draft Environmental Impact Statement for the San Juan Island waste-transfer station project will be presented to the County Council,

No appliances at 150 Mile transfer station  -  Jul 11, 2008
Williams Lake Tribune,Only items that can be placed in the bins are accepted at the 150 Mile House transfer station. “This has been something we have really tried to work on,� he

Garbage fire makes for smoldering reek at transfer station  -  Jul 8, 2008
Kane County Chronicle,That was the scene - and the scent - Monday afternoon at the Veolia Environmental Services transfer station at 766 Hunter Drive.

BOCC to keep 'convenient' transfer station open  -  Jul 17, 2008
OurayNews.com,The board decided that while Ouray County's transfer station for garbage should be kept due to its convenience to the citizens, some improvements could be

Officials on the Scene of Clifton Park Transfer Station ...  -  Jul 17, 2008
WRGB,Authorities are on the scene of of the Clifton Park transfer station investigating allegations that County Waste & Recycling created phony weight slips they

Transfer station opens reuse area for residents  -  Jul 8, 2008
McPherson Sentinel,Less than a month ago, the McPherson Solid Waste Transfer Station opened the “reuse� section at its facility. Reuse allows residents to drop off an object

Recyclables en route to China  -  Jul 30, 2008
CNET News,We're in the Davis Street Transfer Station here, where recyclables from the surrounding Alameda County pile up to form a small mountain.

‘Free day’ at transfer station a possibility  -  Jul 12, 2008
Palestine Herald Press,By PAUL STONE PALESTINE — Anderson County commissioners will discuss the possibility of allowing county residents to use the transfer station at no cost

Warner transfer station meeting  -  Jul 7, 2008
Concord Monitor,It will be a public discussion about recent radical changes to the Warner transfer station. Is this costing you money? Residents will be told things they




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