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01-14-2005, 02:58 PM

Mark Janeba wrote:
> 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
>

Great. My diatribe was directed not at transfer stations, but at the
town that chooses not to employ curbside pickup, which is ridiculous
whether the picked up goes to a transfer station or another type of
processing facility.

01-14-2005, 02:58 PM	#27 (permalink)
Kyle.B.H. Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Police Bike Auction - Report Mark Janeba wrote: > 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 > Great. My diatribe was directed not at transfer stations, but at the town that chooses not to employ curbside pickup, which is ridiculous whether the picked up goes to a transfer station or another type of processing facility.