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transfer station

American  

noun

  1. a place where residential garbage and commercial wastes are compressed, baled, and loaded on vehicles for moving to disposal sites, as for landfill.

transfer station British  

noun

  1. a municipal depot where rubbish is sorted for recycling or relocation to a landfill site

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Residents of overwhelmed Eagle Pass, Utah, were allowed free access to the local transfer station if they hauled away their own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

If it is street sweeping, it is contaminated so this goes to a waste transfer station and sent onto to Viridor for incineration.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023

There is a cost, however, but for those who meet income-eligibility requirements, SPU offers free transfer station passes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

The complaint says recycling activities stopped at the Cheverly property following the January fire — at which time it began to function as an illegal dump and garbage transfer station.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

Uncle Drum has to decide about trucking that mess to the transfer station.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

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