dumps

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Also included are the sites of underground gas storage facilities, refineries, fuel terminals, legacy pollution sites, active industrial sites, landfills, dumps and recycling centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Nearly 30 suspected illegal waste "super sites", each containing tens of thousands of tonnes of rubbish, have been identified in a new watchlist of dumps in England.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Welcome to this weekend’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter that, in light of the hantavirus outbreak, sadly will be canceling all of our future vacations to rat-infested garbage dumps.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

Despite the lift on Friday, Ares stock has been down in the dumps, with the shares losing a quarter of their value in the last six months.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“But the fact remains that those ammunition dumps are still standing. You know very well that I don’t approve of Colonel Cathcart any more than you do.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller