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51Landfill — For other uses, see Landfill (disambiguation). Garbage Dump redirects here. For the 1994 rock album, see Garbage Dump. A landfill in Poland A landfill site (also known as tip, dump or rubbish dump and historically as a midden), is a site for the… …
52Pay as you throw — (PAYT) (also called trash metering, unit pricing, variable rate pricing, or user pay) is a usage pricing model for disposing of municipal solid waste. Users are charged a rate based on how much waste they present for collection to the… …
53Mechanical biological treatment — Anaerobic digestion and air processing components of Lübeck mechanical biological treatment plant in Germany A mechanical biological treatment system is a type of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of… …
54Clean Water Protection Act — The Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 1310) is a bill introduced in the 111th United States Congress via the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. It… …
55Garbage truck — Not to be confused with Dump truck. Scania front loader Garbage truck refers to a truck specially designed to collect small quantities of waste and haul the collected waste to a solid waste treatment facility. Other common names for this type of… …
56Compost — (  /ˈ …
57Night soil — 18th century London nightman s calling card Night soil is a euphemism for human excrement collected at night from cesspools, privies, etc. and sometimes used as a fertilizer.[1] Night soil is produced as a result of a waste management system in… …
58Sewage treatment — The objective of sewage treatment is to produce a disposable effluent without causing harm to the surrounding environment, and also prevent pollution.[1] Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants… …
59Munisport — Landfill Superfund site Geography City North Miami County Miami Dade County State Florida …
60Materials recovery facility — An MRF for the recycling of domestic waste A materials recovery facility or materials reclamation facility or materials recycling facility (MRF pronounced murf ) is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials… …
