garbage dump

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The real-life Paloma Noyola grew up living with her family in the middle of a garbage dump, where her father worked as a pepenador, a garbage collector.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

The community was middle class, suburban and an unlikely place for a garbage dump.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

Ms. Yavorskaya lives near a garbage dump on the outskirts of Kherson that is now littered with the detritus of war.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022

In Shishmaref, the storm wiped out a road leading to the garbage dump and sewage lagoon, creating a health hazard for a town that lacks running water.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

The South Gut was a little ditch of water, one of many that crisscrossed Rass, and a natural garbage dump.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson