a person employed by a local authority or a private firm to collect waste from …
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Transfer station
a major facility at which MSW from collection vehicles is consolidated into loads that are …
Mais »Transfer point
a designated point, often at the edge of a neighborhood, where sma collection vehicles transfer …
Mais »Transfer
the act of moving waste from a collection vehicle to a larger transport vehicle. Source: …
Mais »Secure landfill
a disposal facility designed to permanently isolate wastes from the environment. This entails burial of …
Mais »Secondary material
a material recovered from post-consumer wastes for use in place of a primary material in …
Mais »Open dump
an unplanned "landfill" that incorporates few if any of the characteristics of a controlled landfill. …
Mais »NIMBY
"Not In My Back Yard." An expression of resident opposition to the siting of a …
Mais »Materials recovery facility (MRF)
a facility for separating commingled recyclables by manual or mechanical means. Some MRFs are designed …
Mais »Mass-burn incinerator
a type of incinerator in which solid waste is burned without prior sorting or processing. …
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