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Citizen's Drop Off The Tipping Floor The Compactors The Rail Yard Yard Trim/Brush
The Rail Yard Trucks drive from the compactors to the rail yard in back of the Transfer Station, where the containers filled with compacted trash are lifted onto trains by Mi-Jack cranes. The refuse continues its journey by rail to the Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility. Using trains to move the refuse from the centrally located Transfer Station to the Resource Recovery Facility saves fuel costs, reduces vehicle emissions, and mreduces truck traffic. A portion of the yard waste destined for the Dickerson Composting Facility is also handled here.

This page last updated June 12, 2002.

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