transfer station

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

Lake water makesits way to the citythrough a heat transfer station.

From Washington Post

Lake water makesits way to the city througha heat transfer station.

From Washington Post

Lake water makes its way to the city through a heat transfer station.

From Washington Post

Stations closing Saturday are Metro Center and Gallery Place, two of the largest transfer stations.

From Washington Post

For decades, policymakers have permitted industrial sites in the area, including waste transfer stations, a FreshDirect warehouse and two natural gas “peaker” plants that generate electricity when there’s high energy demand.

From ProPublica

Kansas City is also a transfer station for the cotton destined for China.

From Project Gutenberg

I asked a starter at the transfer station the way to Dover Street, and he told me to get on a car that was just coming in.

From Project Gutenberg

We marched down through the crowd to the transfer station, after the Philadelphia troops left to go to the round-house.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon my arrival at the transfer station, I took a view of the station myself.

From Project Gutenberg

However, we marched down by the gate-way, and marched through the crowd, and to the transfer station.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• depot
• junkyard