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  2. Coal refuse - Wikipedia

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    Coal refuse (also described as coal waste, rock, slag, coal tailings, waste material, rock bank, culm, boney, or gob[1]) is the material left over from coal mining, usually as tailings piles or spoil tips. For every tonne of hard coal generated by mining, 400 kg (880 lb) of waste material remains, which includes some lost coal that is partially ...

  3. Illegal dumping - Wikipedia

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    Illegal dumping involves the unauthorised disposal of numerous types of waste. Typical materials dumped include building materials from construction sites, such as drywall, roofing shingles, lumber, brick, concrete, and siding. Other frequently dumped materials include automobile parts, household appliances, household waste, furniture, yard ...

  4. Environmental dumping - Wikipedia

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    Environmental dumping. A spray-painted sign above a sewer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, warning people to not pollute the local stream by dumping. Environmental harmful product dumping (“environmental dumping”) is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste (household waste, industrial / nuclear waste, etc.) from one country to another.

  5. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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    The first occurrence of organised solid waste management system appeared in London in the late 18th century. [13] A waste collection and resource recovery system was established around the 'dust-yards'. Main constituent of municipal waste was the coal ash (‘dust’) which had a market value for brick-making and as a soil improver.

  6. Clearing debris from Hurricane Ian? Yard waste disposal ... - AOL

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    For large loads, Orange County ’s Solid Waste Convenience Centers accept up to one pickup truckload of yard trimmings per day or weekend period at no charge. Tree trunks must be 12 inches in ...

  7. Ash pond - Wikipedia

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    A coal-fired power plant with surface impoundments. An ash pond, also called a coal ash basin or surface impoundment, [1] is an engineered structure used at coal-fired power stations for the disposal of two types of coal combustion products: bottom ash and fly ash. The pond is used as a landfill to prevent the release of ash into the atmosphere.

  8. Solid waste policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Solid Waste Tree, Based on Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or an air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial ...

  9. Landfill - Wikipedia

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    e. A landfill[a] is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).

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