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Main Title The Tezuka refuse compression system : a preliminary report.
CORP Author United States. Bureau of Solid Waste Management.
Publisher [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.],
Year Published 1969
Report Number PHS UT 00073; PHS-UI-00073
Stock Number PB-217 051
Subjects Refuse and refuse disposal
Additional Subjects ( Waste disposal ; Compacting) ; ( Bailing ; Waste disposal) ; Solid waste disposal
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NTIS  PB-217 051 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
The research objectives were to determine the feasibility of new method of solid waste disposal by making a comprehensive evaluation of the costs and benefits obtainable for the collection, transportation and disposal of solid wastes from urban areas by the use of rail-haul techniques. The report describes the Tezuka Refuse Compression System. It consists basically of three major system building blocks: The preliminary compression system; The main compression system; and Equipment to add additional cover material such as asphalt or cement to the bales previously compressed within an enclosure such as chicken wire mesh.
Notes
American Public Works Association Research Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, under Demonstration Project D01-U1-00073. Microfiche.