SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 7
Transfer and Transport

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 Means, facilities and appurtenances.
Transfer of waste from small vehicles to larger
vehicles and to transport them to processing centers
or disposal sites.
More common as the distance of landfill sites
becomes greater.
Most common in larger metropolitan areas.

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 The presence of illegal dumping and large amount
of litter.
The location of disposal site relatively far from
collection routes.
The use of small capacity collection vehicle.
The existence of low density residential area.

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 Save time.
Better haul roads for collection vehicles
Greater traffic control - avoid traffic
jams/congestion.
Fewer truck on the sanitary landfill haul routes -
reduction ratio from 3 (trucks) :1 (transfer haul) or
5:1.
Improved landfill operating efficiency - fewer trucks
mean better traffic control.
Lower overall haul cost - reduction in no. of
drivers/crew.
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 Near the collection area served - to minimize
collection crew time for haul to the transfer station.
Accessible to major haul routes - lower transfer haul
cost.
Adequate land area to provide isolation - to handle
traffic flow.
Suitable Zoning - commercial or industrial.
Served by utilities - water, sanitary sewer, storm
drainage, electricity.

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 1. Pit (Lubang):
Collection vehicles unloaded wastes into a large pit.
Wastes are then pushed to an open-top transfer trailer
by a tractor.
The pit - as storage during peak periods.
Compaction of bulk items made by the tractor in the pit.

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 2. Direct Dump:

Collection vehicles dump directly into open-top

transfer trailer.
Large hoppers direct the waste into the transfer
trailers.
Very large transfer trailers are used (due to
minimal compaction).
Efficient - no intermediate handling required
(direct from vehicle to transfer trailer).
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 3. Compaction (Pemadatan):
 
i) Hopper (Corong tuang) type compaction station :
waste drop by gravity into a compactor - packs the
waste into the trailers.
 
ii) Push pit (lubang) compactor station: a large
hydraulically operated blade moves the waste to
the stationary packer - then packs the waste into
the trailers.

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 Option Advantages Disadvantages
Pit, Open-top Trailer  Reduced transfer  Requires 3-
 Collection vehicle unload time (coll.veh. level facility
directly into a large pit. unload while (considerable
loading & transfer amount of site
Tractor with dozer
operations still work & capital
organizes the waste &
going on) · investment
pushes loads into open top
 Pit serves as a
transfer trailers storage · Efficient
system for high
volumes of waste.
 Can separate
recyclables
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 Option
Direct dump, open-top
trailer
 Collection vehicle dump
loads directly into open-top
trailers via large hoppers.
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Advantages
 Can be used to
distribute the waste in
trailer.
 No intermediate
handling of the waste.
Increasing efficiency.
No complicated
equipment involved .
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Disadvantages
 May req. separate
trailer-packing
machines (in case
of large
uncompacted wst)
 Required
additional tipping
floor/storage space.
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 Option
Hopper-type Compaction
 Waste is gravity-fed via
hopper into stationary
compactors that compacts
the waste before or while
entering the trailer ·
Advantages
 Efficient for small
capacity demand.
 If compactor fails, no
alternative method of
loading ·
Disadvantages
 Trucks may line
up waiting to
unload because of
limited hopper size.

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 Option Advantages Disadvantages
Push-pit Compaction  Large compactor can  Large capital
• Coll.veh. dump loads usually handle all types investment.
into large steel or of waste + large bulky Facilities
concrete pits. waste. operations depend
• Large hydraulic blade Pit acts storage area on operation of the
moves the waste to during peak arrival. compactor .
compactor charging
box.
• Compactor packs the
waste into trailer.

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