Dump: A land site where wastes are discarded in a disorderly or haphazard fashion without regard to protecting the environment. Uncontrolled dumping is an indiscriminate and illegal form of waste disposal.
dump sites - waste disposal grounds.
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Dump: A site used to dispose of solid waste without environmental controls.
Duplicate: A second aliquot or sample that is treated the same as the original sample in order to determine the precision of the analytical method. (see Aliquot) ...
dump A site, without environmental controls, used to dispose of solid waste.
dune A hill of drifting sand usually formed on existing or former shores or coasts, but often carried far inland by prevailing winds.
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Definition (english only)
Site used to dispose of solid wastes without environmental controls.
Open Dump
An uncovered site used for disposal of waste without environmental controls. (See> dump.)
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mine dump
Area covered with overburden and other waste materials from ore and coal mines, quarries, and smelters, and usually having little or no vegetative cover. A miscellaneous land type.
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Dump An illegal and uncontrolled area where wastes have been placed on or in the ground. See Landfill.
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Ecology The study of living organisms and their environment or habitat.
We dump or landfill what we no longer need. Just what happens to discarded trash after we have no need for it? Contrary to what you believe, there is no "trash fairy." What happens then to that trash? The problem is, maybe nothing at all.
Materials destined for the garbage dump but were, instead, rescued and refurbished as a new product.
Dear EarthTalk: Is it bad for the environment to dump clog removers like Drano down the drain? What are some alternatives to such products? " Cindy Jones, via e-mail ...
Leachate: Water containing contaminants which leaks from a disposal site such as a landfill or dump.
Leaching: The removal of soluble organic and inorganic substances from the topsoil downward by the action of percolating water.
This can refer to a kitchen midden that is used as a dump for food waste. In archeology it is a mound or deposit containing shells, animal bones, and other refuse that indicates the site of a human settlement.
(Here's why.) And composting your waste food means it doesn't have to be trucked away to a landfill waste dump where it will cause more pollution including methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. [why doesn't composting make methane?
Sanitary landfill
A landfill which does not take hazardous waste, often called a "garbage dump." It must be covered with dirt each day to maintain sanitary conditions. The Integrated Waste Management Board regulates these facilities.
diffuse sources - sources with defined dimensions (mostly surface sources) which do not have a defined waste air flow, e.g. waste dump, lagoons, fields after manure spreading and un-aerated composting piles.
Superfund: common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) designed to clean up abandoned or inactive hazardous waste dump sites.
 See also: Water, Waste, Environmental, Environment, Organic
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