Laura J.

Weber
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The Lydia Company
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 What is the difference
between these two
containers?
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  Types of Transfer Stations
 Designing for the Needs of Your Community
 SRMT Example
 Economics of Transfer Station Design

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  Many factors affect design
 Tons/day to flow through
 Waste storage
 Processes to recover
material or prepare (i.e.
shred or bale) for shipment
 Type of vehicles – collection
& transfer

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  3 Sizes
 Small – less than 100 tons/day
 Medium – 100-500 tons/day
 Large – more than 500 tons/day

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  Factors Impacting Size
 Total tons/day of material to flow through
 Size & capacity of collection vehicles using the facility
 Length of time materials at the facility (storage space)
 Loading & unloading times
 Peak conditions; i.e. maximum # of vehicles in facility at
once (design for this)
 Type of processing to occur
 Transfer trailer capacity & waiting time for loading
 Hours of station operation
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  Direct-Discharge (Direct Dump)
 Consist of drop off area where materials are
placed directly in the collection container
 Two design types:
 Two operating floors – upper & lower
 Materials are placed into hoppers on the upper level and fall
into container on the lower level
 Open-top containers
 Materials are placed directly into containers

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Examples of Direct-Discharge
Stations

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  Platform/Pit
 Consist of an upper & lower level
 Upper level is a tipping floor where materials are
dumped
 Lower level contains open-top trailers & materials
are pushed into them from the upper level
 Open top trailer can be either compacting or non-
compacting

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 Platform/Pi
t Designs

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 Platform/Pi
t Designs

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 SRMT Transfer Station

Combination of Direct
Dump & Pit/Platform

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  Advantages & Disadvantages of Types
 There are many
 The Decisions Maker’s Guide to Solid Waste
Management provides a good list, Chapter 4 page
4-18
 http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/dmg2/c
hapter4.pdf

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  Determining what type of
transfer station you need is
dependent upon many
factors
 First, define the problem
that the transfer station will
solve

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  Ask these questions
 What are the community needs & desires?
 What types & quantities of materials will you
collect? Will process (i.e. baling & shredding) any
materials at your facility?
 What is your service area?
 Will you accept both residential & commercial
wastes or just one or the other?
 What are other local tip fees and can your facility
be competitive?
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  Questions Con’t
 What will be your days & hours of operation?
 What types of trucks & size will use your facility?
What types of transfer vehicles will you use?
 Do you really need a transfer station?
 Experts agree that the disposal sites must be at least 10-
15 miles from the facility before a transfer station is
economically justified.

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  Conducting
feasibility & waste
characterization
studies are the best
methods for
gaining answers to
the questions.
 SRMT Example

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  1995 Feasibility Study
 Door-to-door surveys were performed with both
residents and businesses
 Established that the community wanted a Tribally
owned & operated solid waste system
 People were using open burning & dumping
because they didn’t like using non-reservation
haulers

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  Methods Used for Waste Characterization
 Pounds/person/household
 Volume-based waste audits
 Survey questions in feasibility study
 These methods estimated SRMT’s total waste
generation rate = 10 tons/day
 Current tons/day at transfer station = 12-15
tons/day
 Transfer Station is designed for 25 tons/day
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  Factors to consider when developing design
costs
 Engineering work
 Personnel costs
 Infrastructure costs, i.e. buildings, roads, property,
site preparation work, construction, soil borings,
etc. etc.
 Full Cost Accounting (FCA) Method is best – will
discuss more in session 7
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 Laura J. Weber
President
The Lydia Company

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laura@thelydiacompany.com
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