Monday, 23 January 2012

Collection, Transfer & Transportation of Solid Waste

Collection, Transfer & Transportation of Solid Waste

Collection Methods

Collection methods it includes pickup from storage units and hauled it into disposal sites or transfer station or for further processing

Two types of system are used

· Hauled system

· Stationary system

Other are

· Tractor trolley

· Open body cart

· Animal cart

Transfer of solid waste

Solid waste collector is small vehicle is to transfer waste into large vehicles,

Transfer satiations are needed when disposal sites are at long distances and vehicles are small in size.

Transfer station should be located to avoid public inconvenience and environmental degradation

Transportation of solid waste

Transport of the wastes, usually over long distances, to a processing or disposal site.

Waste Management can transport solid waste through a variety of transportation modes from traditional front-end and roll-off containers to compactor and residential collection service.
Types and kinds of transportation for solid waste:

  • Dump trucks for contaminated soils
  • Tankers and vacuum trucks for liquid and semi-solid waste
  • Intermodal and gondola railroad transport for containerized waste and contaminated soils
  • Live floor trailers for compacted or top loaded solid waste
  • Flatbeds and dry van trailers for drum handling
  • Container and roll off chassis

Transportation equipment

The size, type and amount of equipment required at sanitary land fill depend on the size and method of operation

The most common equipment used in sanitary land fill is

· Rubber-tired front and roller

· Crawler tractor

· Front end loader

· Motor grader

· Earth remover (scraper)

· Drag line

· Steel wheeled compactor

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