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01-13-2005, 08:53 AM

Kyle.B.H. wrote:
> dudleydorite9@Yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hi Kyle
>> What is a local "local transfer station"?
>> Sorry for quote style, John
>>
>
> It's for towns run by do-gooders who a) don't want unsightful trash cans
> outside their pristine neighborhoods of million dollar homes once a
> week, and b) probably want to teach the residents of the town a lesson
> about how much trash we create. So every household, big and small, young
> and old, treks to the transfer station with trash cans in their trunks,
> instead of paying waste management to hire one truck and 3 garbagemen to
> do the job much more efficiently. Oh, and it still costs us $150 a year
> for access to the transfer station.

Dear Kyle:
Not.

That is, transfer stations need not involve all the mess you describe
above. Our county has a transfer station. It also has curbside trash
pick-up and curbside recycling.

At our transfer station, one can dump stuff that's too big for the
garbage can, recycle a vast array of materials (e.g. bulk scrap metal,
car batteries, old computers, etc.). Nonrecyclables go from there to
the county incinerator. It's also where the curbside pickup goes (I
gather; it's certainly big enough.)

In short, a transfer station *can* be where the trash is *transferred*
from the private haulers[1] to the county incinerator crew.

Haven't seen much in the way of bikes/parts there.

[1]Around here, garbage pick up is run by multiple private haulers, who
get a monopoly from the ?city? ?county? for each sector of town.

Mark "do gooder sometimes" Janeba

01-13-2005, 08:53 AM	#24 (permalink)
Mark Janeba Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Police Bike Auction - Report Kyle.B.H. wrote: > dudleydorite9@Yahoo.com wrote: >> Hi Kyle >> What is a local "local transfer station"? >> Sorry for quote style, John >> > > It's for towns run by do-gooders who a) don't want unsightful trash cans > outside their pristine neighborhoods of million dollar homes once a > week, and b) probably want to teach the residents of the town a lesson > about how much trash we create. So every household, big and small, young > and old, treks to the transfer station with trash cans in their trunks, > instead of paying waste management to hire one truck and 3 garbagemen to > do the job much more efficiently. Oh, and it still costs us $150 a year > for access to the transfer station. Dear Kyle: Not. That is, transfer stations need not involve all the mess you describe above. Our county has a transfer station. It also has curbside trash pick-up and curbside recycling. At our transfer station, one can dump stuff that's too big for the garbage can, recycle a vast array of materials (e.g. bulk scrap metal, car batteries, old computers, etc.). Nonrecyclables go from there to the county incinerator. It's also where the curbside pickup goes (I gather; it's certainly big enough.) In short, a transfer station can be where the trash is transferred from the private haulers[1] to the county incinerator crew. Haven't seen much in the way of bikes/parts there. [1]Around here, garbage pick up is run by multiple private haulers, who get a monopoly from the ?city? ?county? for each sector of town. Mark "do gooder sometimes" Janeba