incineration
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Italy's "Land of Fires", also known as the "Triangle of Death", has served as a dump and illegal incineration site since the late 1980s.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Landfill taxes have made the option progressively more expensive that incineration, where the rubbish is burnt in a furnace to create electricity.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
The incineration, scheduled to take place in France, is expected to cost U.S. taxpayers more than $160,000, even though many of the products remain viable through at least 2027.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
The original language of the law forbids any form of recycling that includes combustion, incineration or most kinds of energy generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
The metal rims of the wheels had sunk three inches into the melting asphalt, and the truck ticked and popped and smoked, still hot from its incineration.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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