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Feb 8, 2022 12:26
2 yrs ago
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English term

tipping fees

English Other Environment & Ecology
income from both tipping fees and electricity sales are normally important sources of financial income for Waste-to-Energy incineration.
Responses
4 +5 Tipping fees
4 +4 Gate rate or fees for disposing of waste
4 tipping fees
4 The amount paid by anyone who dumps waste in a landfill

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Tipping fees

Tipping fees - the fee charged for dumping waste which will then be used to generate electricity.

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Note added at 4 mins (2022-02-08 12:31:00 GMT)
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Energy, sorry - not electricity.
Peer comment(s):
agree Mark Robertson
1 min
agree writeaway
1 hr
agree philgoddard
2 hrs
neutral Barbara Carrara : How can 'tipping fees' be an explanation for 'tipping fees'? In future, please avoid duplicating the question, but insert your own answer. Don't forget KudoZ questions end up in the ProZ glossary. Thank you.
2 hrs
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
3 hrs
neutral BdiL : With Barbara above. MAu
2 days 3 hrs
agree Cilian O'Tuama : Agree, but energy cannot be generated or destroyed, but can be converted or transformed.
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
8 mins

tipping fees

Tipping fee: Price charged to deliver municipal solid waste to a landfill, waste-to-energy facility, or recycling facility.
Reference:

https://www.photius.com/energy/glossaryt.html#tip_fee

Peer comment(s):
neutral Barbara Carrara : How can 'tipping fees' be an explanation for 'tipping fees'? In future, please avoid duplicating the question (or previously posted similar 'answers'), but insert your own answer. Don't forget KudoZ questions end up in the ProZ glossary. Thank you.
2 hrs
neutral BdiL : With Barbara above. MAu
2 days 3 hrs
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8 days

The amount paid by anyone who dumps waste in a landfill

Wastes are disposed at some facilities where they are processed or used for different things. In order for you to dispose o your waste at such facilities, you must paid some fees.
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+4
7 mins

Gate rate or fees for disposing of waste

https://www.buschsystems.com/resource-center/knowledgeBase/g...

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/compliance--enforcement/wast...

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Note added at 10 mins (2022-02-08 12:36:26 GMT)
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and for waste conversion

https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2019/10/waste-to-energ...



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Note added at 13 mins (2022-02-08 12:39:53 GMT)
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https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/08/f66/BETO--Wa...

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Note added at 14 days (2022-02-22 15:45:21 GMT) Post-grading
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wondering what's the point of giving a researched answerwhen anything goes. How interesting that "Tipping fees" means "Tipping fees" and that 5 people think it's fine :-(
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M
1 min
Thanks Tony
agree Daryo : Far better explanation
11 hrs
Many thanks:-)//Yep, tipping fees' is not an explanation of 'tipping fees'!! I'd be crucified if I wrote that
agree BdiL
2 days 3 hrs
Many thanks:-)
agree Z-Translations Translator
3 days 9 hrs
Many thanks:-)
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