Transfer Station
Going to the Andover Transfer station on Saturday February 10, 2018 was a bit different for me. Usually in my hometown of Norwell, Ma, we have a garbage truck system that takes our trash and recycling. Andover is a smaller town and a transfer station seems necessary. As we were traveling around the whole site on a cold and slippery day, it was quite interesting to learn about this station. There were limited workers there (one who was a full time worker) and pretty much all the work was done by the locals. Visiting the station was cool to see where the Andover population gets rid of there trash and recycling. Photo taken by Myles Abbate As we got off the bus, We headed straight over to the incinerator to see where and what happens to the peoples trash. It was like a small opening with a metal hole where the trash is disposed and crushed up. It was controlled by one of the workers and once there was enough trash filled up, He would do his work and crush it up. The trash is then br...