Open Dump

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Open Dump: - An uncovered site used for disposal of waste without environmental controls. (See: dump.)
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Garbage collection resumes in Baguio after a week  -  Jul 26, 2008
Inquirer.net,A mound of garbage, estimated by city officials to be as tall as 100 meters, had accumulated at the open dump since the 1970s. It looms precariously over

Rats plague Canadian islanders  -  Jul 28, 2008
United Press InternationalAbout 20 people from Stag Harbour on Fogo Island manned a picket line Monday, stopping anyone from dropping off more garbage at an open dump, the Canadian

Warning: Sometimes 'green' is not so good  -  Aug 1, 2008
Jakarta Post,Every big and small city in this country has at least one utterly disgusting mountain of rubbish in an open dump somewhere in its outskirts.

Video Report - Scott litter officer working to clean up illegal ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
Kingsport Times News,...â€œIt started when the county didnâ€™t have a landfill or open dump sites. People just continued to use them for years.â€? That part of the problem, however,

Cops have a blindspot for dangerous dump trucks  -  Jul 23, 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Stuart frequently travels through Pennsylvania and says he has seen more top-open dump trucks rolling down our roads than he does in his home state.

City of Pines is also temporarily city of uncollected garbage  -  Jul 23, 2008
GMA news.tv,Last July 14, hundreds of Irisan residents and downstream communities of Tuba, Benguet, barricaded the entry to the Irisan open dump site.

Govt eyes use of floating garbage landfills in RP  -  Jul 7, 2008
GMA news.tv,There are some 713 open dump sites operating in the Philippines. But according to Atienza, the open dump sites "are actually the biggest violation one can

Waianae piggery fined $53800 for open dump  -  Nov 19, 2007
Honolulu Advertiser,The state Health Department has fined a Wai'anae piggery $53800 for operating an open dump in violation of solid waste laws. In a news release today,

Oahu pig farm cited, fined for operating illegal dump  -  Nov 20, 2007
KPUA,...rubber truck seals and wood and metal scraps. The state defines an open dump as an unlicensed solid waste facility that is without environmental controls.

Dogs, elderly woman living in feces-filled home  -  Dec 1, 2007
Pet-Abuse.Com,Cynthia Lee Backus, 51, and Dwight P. Backus Jr., 56, of Meadow Bluff, were each charged with neglect of elderly by a caregiver, operating an open dump,

OsmeÃ±a: Metro Cebu solid waste authority  -  Nov 13, 2007
Sun.Star,The Inayawan open dump emits foul odors which could be an irritant to the SRP investors and clients. Today, Metro Cebuâ€™s cities and towns each have open

Rodriguez dump to earn $50m  -  Nov 20, 2007
Manila Standard Today,The Montalban Methane Power Corp. could earn for the government credits once the 14-hectare open dump starts generating electricity next year.

The Bear Minimum: the Grizzly and the Future of the Rocky Mountain ...  -  Dec 1, 2007
CounterPunch,Then the Park Service closed the open dump, a stable source of food, and the population dropped. The Cabinet-Yaak, Selkirk and Swan populations totaled less

Baguio mayor borrows idea from Canada on trash plan  -  Nov 27, 2007
Inquirer.net,The mayor said the city government had been compelled to cut back its daily garbage collection because it had shut down its only open dump to comply with

Residents tour proposed limestone mill site  -  Nov 18, 2007
The Morning Journal,When another resident asked about open dump trucks picking up the crushed limestone, Mueller said the pneumatic system that loads the trucks would not work

Parents find peace in jury's findings  -  Nov 15, 2007
Toronto Star,The wolves that killed Kenton are believed to have been attracted by an open dump near the camp. While it remains for the Saskatchewan government to take

IEPA to clean up dumping site  -  Nov 13, 2007
Centralia Morning Sentinel,Since the program was launched, the program has conducted nearly 120 open dump clean-ups in areas from the southern tip of Southern Illinois,

State sues owners to clean up site of abandoned restaurant  -  Nov 11, 2007
Reporter-Times,After the fire, nothing was done to the property, and it has turned into an open dump. According to a lawsuit filed in October by the Indiana Department of

BC firm gets OK to mine old dump; Prospecting for valuable nylon ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
The Kingston Whig-Standard,For the first eight years, it was an open dump, a hole in the ground where trash was deposited. In 1970, after the Ministry of the Environment brought in

Kauai businessman, companies fined $18000  -  Aug 24, 2007
MSN Money...disposal of solid waste and the operation of an open dump -- findings contested by Diamond and the two businesses, according to a news release Friday.

EPA reveals cleanup one clean up plan option, more to follow  -  Jul 28, 2007
Stratford Bard,He and others have said the plan by digging the material up again and transporting it across town in open dump trucks to the ball field could release

Recycling program to start at MU football, basketball games  -  Aug 22, 2007
Huntington Herald Dispatch,Joe Manchin in 2005 and provides oversight of litter removal, statewide recycling and open-dump cleanups. Marshall's athletics department, Goodwill

Donâ€™t leave them to waste  -  Aug 2, 2007
INQ7.net,...the first local governments to fully comply with Republic Act 9003 or the Solid Waste Management Act which prohibits incinerators and open dump sites.

Loaded for bear: Maine bruin hunt begins anew Monday  -  Aug 24, 2007
Central Maine Morning Sentinel,To reach my fishing spot, I had to pass an open dump that belonged to the Pray family, proprietors of the Big Eddy Campground and a sporting camps,

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