What Is A Waste Transfer Station? | How They Work

What Is A Waste Transfer Station? | How They Work Waste station operation Recycling station https://waster.com.au/smart-waste-sol... https://waster.com.au/waste-managemen... In this episode, we talk about plastic bottle tops or bottle caps. Waster provides low cost waste and recycling to small and medium Aussie businesses - boosting recycling and saving you money. RESOURCES & LINKS: ____________________________________________ Checkout lots of recycling assets like flowcharts for your business here: https://waster.com.au/recycling-flowc... Try our online quiz and calculators on recycling here: https://waster.com.au/carbon-neutral-... LinkedIn:   / waste.  . ____________________________________________ ► Find all your bins and recycling services for business here: https://waster.com.au/waste-recycling... ►Twitter:   / waster_com_au   ►Facebook:   / waster.com.au   ►Instagram:   / waster.com.au   #garbagetrucks #wasteinfo 00:00 Act one 00:05 one of the most important aspects of modern waste management is ensuring efficiency and minimising cost and emissions in waste collection. This covers aspects such as driving at night - to avoid traffic, and using computer aided route optimization - but also the utilisation of waste transfer stations. In today's video we will look at what a waste transfer station is, how they are used - and why they can be useful. In a recent video we discussed how no one wants a landfill or smelly recycling plant right on their doorstep - and so landfills are likely to be quite a distance outside city centres and built up areas. When you consider the sheer size of Australian capital cities - and the sprawling suburbs - you will realise how important it is that trucks are not driving all the way out - and all the way back every time. Act 2 01:10 A waste transfer station is basically a location - generally in a city or built up area - where waste and recycling materials can be temporarily deposited or stored - before being transported somewhere else - such as a landfill. This offers clear efficiencies and benefits to trucks - which can empty one suburbs bins - and then dump at a convenient location - before emptying another suburbs bins. This reduces the distance a truck will travel massively. This of course saves time, and reduces costs and emissions. At the waste waste transfer station - the waste or recycling will be dumped by the truck - and it may be sorted by staff at the facility. It also may be compacted - to make its transport to another facility such as a landfill more efficient. Some facilities will even have a railway - and their own train station - to make the transfer of waste even easier. Act 3 02:13 Having a waste transfer station nearby can be quite useful to local residents - as they often have many recycling services - many of which are free. At most Aussie waste transfer stations - you can drop of green waste or cardboard as well as many types of e-waste free of charge. It is always good to know where your local facility is. For lots more recycling info - visit us at waster.com.au - and like and subscribe below.