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waste purchase stations: especially for metal scrap (iron and other metals), but also for paper, glass etc. Such stations have been in existence longer than modern disposal stations. Coexistence of paid and free systems of collection can result in homeless, asocial or poor people picking waste from
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etc.). The waste is usually delivered by cars, vans or trucks and the station has an overseeing staff and opening hours, but services are free of charge. Smaller towns have one such site, cities can have more such courtyards in various
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waste collection courtyards: except for the mentioned household waste, they are specialized for large waste from citizens: furniture, construction waste, compostable gardening waste – or special types of waste (chemical or other
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sorted waste container stands: a group of containers of the most common recyclable household waste, such as plastics, paper, glass, metal cans,
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In the United Kingdom, civic amenity sites are informally called "tips" or "dumps".
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In continental Europe, there are usually several types of collection sites:
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deal primarily with the United Kingdom and do not represent a
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the free containers to sell at the waste purchase station.
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