disposal sites
Where trash goes
Disposal sites are locations designated for discarding waste materials.
The term appears most often in discussions of garbage, hazardous chemicals, or nuclear waste: The county approved a new disposal site for municipal solid waste.
Landfills, incinerators, and storage facilities for toxic materials all qualify as disposal sites.
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
- incineratorDevice for burning waste
- landfillWaste burial ground
- sanitary landfillRegulated waste disposal site
- transfer stationTransit switching facility
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- environmental serviceswaste management, remediation, air quality, water treatment, recycling
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- nuclear wasteradioactive waste, spent fuel, nuclear waste, repositories, underground storage
- SuperfundSuperfund, Superfund sites, EPA, hazardous waste, remediation
- anti-litter effortsfines, signs, bins, cleanup, pickup
disposal sitesmanufacturing plants
Industrial production facilities
distribution centers · factories · supply depots · warehouses · assembly plants
disposal sitesnature preserves
Protected ecological areas
conservation areas · wildlife sanctuaries · protected lands · green spaces · national parks