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Show Itpts to earn at I transfer Nation Getting Out TV J ,V By Linda Butler "Where does me orhaee go?" asked a child Swatehed the garbage Jack come up the street and empty our trashcan. Aorhnfrfi m northern o-', Utah County all goes to I tue Lindon Transfer 1 Nation of" the North pointe Solid Waste Special service District. " ; The transfer station (it s n'ot a "dump") is a fascinat-ineplace fascinat-ineplace to take children ' who curious abou , where garbage goes and what happens to it. n cwart Cowlev. District Manager of the solid waste facility will give tours of thfc transfer station to interested groups, he large amount of garbage, that we in modern" mod-ern" society produce, is a big-problem. According to Stewart Cowley, the average aver-age person generates two pounds of household trash each day. The transfer station sta-tion provides a vital serv ice." "In the first eight years , of operation," said Cowley, "we ran more garbage tough here than was put U in the ground in 40 years." J , The transfer station is U built on what used to be CIK .the' dump. Built in the ijj) 1950s, the sanitary landfill )D6j was closed and covered in nK 1993. Now it's a large hill, covered with a bit of grass, and the transfer station sits to one side of it. The transfer station IE: began operation in 1993. f Trash is taken to the transfer station, flattened Ipj aid compacted, and then lv! put into large 80 feet long i jby 12 feet tall railroad IlCt cars. The trash is then by " fe. .'- , '- Photo by Linda Butler Observers watch the large trash compacting machine at work at the Lindon Transfer Station. rail taken to a landfill in Carbon County. One train of trash leaves every day, except Sunday and holidays, according to Cowley. "We take between 500 and 600 tons of trash each day to the landfill," he said. Trash is brought in by individuals, waste management man-agement companies, and other businesses. The transfer station has separate sepa-rate areas for some recy-clables recy-clables and for "green waste" or yard waste, which is ground up and made into mulch and compost. com-post. Cowley is currently researching different methods of composting green waste. Some of this compost is used to cover the old landfill, some can be purchased for garden use. "We recycle about 5,000 tons of garden waste each year," said Cowley. Construction waste, which consists mainly of building materials, has it's own section, as does cardboard, card-board, metals and cement. The facility collects approximately 400 tons of cardboard each month. Some salvaging is done at the transfer station. Contracts are made with people to take motors, metals met-als and some recyclable materials. Trash is unloaded from garbage trucks onto a large cement area in the transfer station building. A 45-ton machine breaks up and compresses the garbage. This machine can drive over just about anything, said Cowley. He said that old boats, campers, and even mobile homes have been smashed into small pieces and hauled away to the landfill. land-fill. After the trash has been rolled over and compacted, a large bulldozer then pushes the smashed trash into a six by 36 foot hole in the floor. It then falls below into the waiting railroad rail-road car. This section of the transfer station is noisy, the heavy machinery is loud as it performs its work. There is an occasional occa-sional "pop" and once we heard a loud "bang." Cowley explained that the popping noises are milk cartons being popped and the bang is the sound of a bursting basketball. Cowley said that some interesting things have come through the transfer station. He's found bicycles that have needed only minimal repair. One wall of the station displays several sev-eral trophy heads of game animals. Sometimes money is found, and once a lady called, saying she had accidentally acci-dentally thrown her wedding wed-ding ring away. The truck had not yet dumped it's load of garbage, and the woman was able to recover her ring. Not all stories have a happy ending, said Cowley. Most things that are thrown away are gone for good and can not be recovered. recov-ered. The transfer station is an interesting place to visit. I was impressed by how well this operation is organized. And considering consider-ing its contents, it really doesn't smell too bad. I recommend rec-ommend visiting on a cool day, as heat does intensify bad odors. Tours last from 45-60 minutes, and provide an interesting overview to a topic many of us take for granted. The Lindon Transfer Station is located at 2000 W. 200 South, in Lindon. To arrange for a tour, contact Stewart Cowley at 225-8538. 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