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  2. Fresh Kills Landfill - Wikipedia

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    The landfill opened in 1948 as a temporary landfill, but by 1955 it had become the largest landfill in the world, [2] and it remained so until its closure in 2001. At the peak of its operation, in 1986, Fresh Kills received 29,000 short tons (26,000 t) of residential waste per day, playing a key part in the New York City waste management system ...

  3. Olusosun landfill - Wikipedia

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    The Olusosun nigerian dumpsite is a 100-acre [1] dump in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. [2] It is the largest in Africa, and one of the largest in the world. The site receives up to 10,000 tons of rubbish each day. Waste from around 500 container ships is also delivered to the site, adding a substantial portion of electronic waste. Some of this ...

  4. Apex landfill - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest landfill in the world by area and volume. [1] At its peak, it can accept 13.6 Mg of waste per day. [2] It is expected to be able to accept waste for over 250 years at current rates. [2] It is owned by Republic Services. [3] It is located just outside the city limits of North Las Vegas.

  5. BelAZ 75710 - Wikipedia

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    With an empty weight of 360 tonnes (350 long tons; 400 short tons), it is much heavier than BelAZ's previous largest model, the 7560, which weighed 240 tonnes (240 long tons; 260 short tons) when empty. [4] [5] It is 20.6 m (67 ft 7 in) long, 8.16 m (26 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) high, and 9.87 m (32 ft 4 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) wide. The bed is relatively ...

  6. Haul truck - Wikipedia

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    The world's largest ultra class haul truck, the Belarusian 496-short-ton (443-long-ton) BelAZ 75710. The largest, highest-payload-capacity haul trucks are referred to as ultra class trucks. The ultra class includes all haul trucks with a payload capacity of 300 short tons (270 long tons) or greater. [4]

  7. BelAZ - Wikipedia

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    'Belarusian Automobile Plant', Russian: Белорусский автомобильный завод or БелАЗ, romanized: Belorusskii avtomobilnyi zavod) is a Belarusian automobile plant and one of the world's largest manufacturers of large and especially large dump trucks, as well as other heavy transport equipment for the mining and ...

  8. Rumpke Sanitary Landfill - Wikipedia

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    The plants can recover about 15 million cubic feet per day (420 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d) of landfill gas, making it the largest recovery operation of its kind in the world. [14] Distributed by Duke Energy Corporation, the natural gas energy from the natural gas from the three facilities combined is enough to power 25,000 homes and businesses. [14]

  9. Agbogbloshie - Wikipedia

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    Agbogbloshie is a former wetland, which is now home to one of the world's largest electronic waste dumps. Here, young men and boys smash and burn electronic devices to salvage the metals inside them". The whole video was shot on site at Agbogbloshie.