Date Issued: 3/16/2010
Contact: DSWA Public Information Group
1128 South Bradford Street
Post Office Box 455
Dover, Delaware 19903-0455
Citizens' Response Line: 1-800-404-7080
fax: 302-739-4287
web: www.dswa.com
e-mail: info@dswa.com
The Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) is celebrating a major milestone at its Pine Tree Corners Transfer Station in Townsend. The facility has accepted its one millionth ton of municipal solid waste. The facility was built in Townsend and opened in April of 1991. This facility is available to public, commercial and residential customers in Southern New Castle County. Customers can bring trash to the Pine Tree Corners Transfer Station instead of driving to one of DSWA's landfills. Vehicles drive into an enclosed building where trash is dumped onto a concrete floor. A backhoe carefully pushes the trash into a transfer trailer, which takes it to a DSWA landfill. Key features of the transfer station consist of a recycling drop-off center, scale house, two scales, two transfer station buildings, and a trailer storage building. There is a separate transfer area for residents. In addition, there are designated areas outside to recycle used appliances, tires, and yard waste. Pine Tree Corners Facility Manager Jason Munyan said, “I am honored to be involved with reaching such a milestone event as this and must praise the hard work and efforts put in by both DSWA Staff and the Facility Operator, Waste Management. Reaching our 1 millionth ton is a testament to DSWA's mission to define, develop, and implement cost-effective plans and programs for solid waste management which best serve Delaware and protect our public health and environment. Now on to our next million.” DSWA is proud to be able to provide the Pine Tree Corners Transfer Station to the community in Southern New Castle County and thanks them for their patronage. For more information on this or any other DSWA facility or program, please call the Citizens’ Response Line at 1-800-404-7080 or visit www.dswa.com.
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