transfer station
noun
: a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill
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The new federal order requires the sharing of raw milk samples, upon request, from dairy farms, bulk milk shippers, milk transfer stations or dairy processing facilities that send or hold milk for pasteurization.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The new order requires the sharing of raw milk samples, upon request, from dairy farms, bulk milk shippers, milk transfer stations or dairy processing facilities that send or hold milk for pasteurization.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
The courts will take up a section of the park that had been home to a trash transfer station and seaweed composting site.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Officials called local tow company Nauset Recovery Inc, to haul the 12.5-foot and 1,240-pound apex predator in the back of a truck through the beachside town of Orleans to the local transfer station for a necropsy.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
The new order requires the sharing of raw milk samples, upon request, from dairy farms, bulk milk shippers, milk transfer stations or dairy processing facilities that send or hold milk for pasteurization.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
The courts will take up a section of the park that had been home to a trash transfer station and seaweed composting site.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Officials called local tow company Nauset Recovery Inc, to haul the 12.5-foot and 1,240-pound apex predator in the back of a truck through the beachside town of Orleans to the local transfer station for a necropsy.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfer%20station. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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