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01-13-2005, 04:20 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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.

But at least I get free bike garbage once in a while!

Kyle

01-13-2005, 04:20 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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.

But at least I get free bike garbage once in a while!

Kyle

01-13-2005, 08:53 AM

Kyle.B.H. wrote:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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

Kyle.B.H. wrote:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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

Kyle.B.H. wrote:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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

01-14-2005, 02:58 PM

Mark Janeba wrote:
> Kyle.B.H. wrote:
>
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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

Mark Janeba wrote:
> Kyle.B.H. wrote:
>
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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

Mark Janeba wrote:
> Kyle.B.H. wrote:
>
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] 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.