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Transfer station

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028514

1. Facility where solid waste is transferred from collection vehicles to larger trucks or rail cars for longer distance transport.

2. Site at which solid wastes are concentrated for transport to a processing facility or land disposal site. A transfer station may be fixed or mobile.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028514
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
ReferencesTerms of Environment; 40 CFR 243.101 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028514",
  "term": "Transfer station",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Transfer Station",
  "definition": "1. Facility where solid waste is transferred from collection vehicles to larger trucks or rail cars for longer distance transport.\n\n2. Site at which solid wastes are concentrated for transport to a processing facility or land disposal site. A transfer station may be fixed or mobile.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 243.101 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/transfer-station/"
}

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