Dive Brief:
- Republic Services announced it opened a new transfer station that will service customers in the Tempe, Mesa, Phoenix, Gilbert, Apache Junction, Pinal County, and Queen Creek areas in Arizona.
- The Germann Transfer Station has the capacity to process over 420 tons of waste daily.
- It's expected that the station's centralized location in the southeast Valley area will reduce the number of collection pick-ups to disposal sites by around 4,000 within the span of one year.
Dive Insight:
The company currently operates 22 sites statewide, including seven landfills and seven transfer stations. The firm operates almost 200 transfer stations across the country.
