GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P RO F I T MO N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X I V N O 8 A U G U ST 2 0 2 4 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Steps Taken to Improve Transfer Station’s Operations by peyton fleming It would be...
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GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P RO F I T MO N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X I V N O 8 A U G U ST 2 0 2 4 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Steps Taken to Improve Transfer Station’s Operations by peyton fleming It would be easy to mistake the Ashfield Transfer Station for the town’s community center. Sunday mornings are bustling with trash bags and banter as residents empty their vehicles of all types of refuse at a dozen drop-off stations. But don’t be fooled: This town square of human-generated waste — used tires, toilets, waste paints, lithium batteries, nearly every- thing imaginable in an Ashfield home — is serious, complex business. Especially now. Over the past several years, the transfer station has seen a dramatic makeover — physical and operational. Cash payments, hand-scribbled records and casual drop-off protocols are out. Digital payments, comput- erized record-keeping and tighter discharge procedures are in. “The types of trash coming in he
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