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Waste Transfer Service for Private Waste Collectors
Time=$$=More Business Opportunity
It has long been a general practice that private waste collectors have to travel a long way from the urban area to landfills to dispose of the waste collected. They may even suffer serious delays because of the unfavorable traffic conditions, which adversely affect their business. When the development of the refuse transfer station (RTS) network was taking shape in 1997-1998, we opened some of the RTSs at strategic locations to the private waste collectors to reduce haulage distances as well as provide a more efficient private waste collection service to the public.
The waste transfer service provides private waste collectors with convenient alternative waste disposal options besides the three strategic landfills. It is no doubt that the waste collectors will experience the difference and realize the benefit of the service to their waste collection business if they use the waste transfer service. In particular, they need not to travel a long distance for each waste load. The turn-around time will very much be reduced.
More importantly, they can provide a more efficient waste collection service to their clients and increase their competitiveness in the market or even expand their business at no additional investment. This service will mean a bit more to haulers with tight waste collection schedules.
Apart from time saving, the clean condition of the transfer stations in general provides a desirable working environment to the waste collectors. Indeed, this will result to lower maintenance costs for their vehicles, e.g. tyres.
The transfer service, which reduces the total haulage distance of the waste collection vehicles, has brought great benefit to our environment in reducing emissions and hence nuisances to the community.
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