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transfer station

building or processing site for the temporary deposition of waste
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transfer station

Summary

transfer station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transfer station is a type of factory[2].
  • transfer station is a type of facility[3].
  • transfer station's Commons category is recorded as Transfer stations (waste management)[4].
  • transfer station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as amenity=waste_transfer_station[5].
  • transfer station's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[6].
  • transfer station's different from is recorded as civic amenity site[7].
  • transfer station's different from is recorded as materials recovery facility[8].
  • transfer station's different from is recorded as landfill[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include factory[2] and facility[3].

Why It Matters

transfer station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Green Map Icons
    Subclass of → factory, facility
    Different from → civic amenity site, materials recovery facility, landfill
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21212, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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