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toxic wasteˌtoxic ˈwaste noun [countable, uncountable] - Ammonia is the toxic waste produced by the fish and this is initially bacterially broken down to nitrite in your filtration system.
- Andrew Graham says a toxic waste incinerator owned by Re-Chem, was responsible for poisoning cattle on two of his farms.
- In the last four years, we cleaned up 250 toxic waste sites, as many as in the previous 12.
- Plans are also afoot to transform the disused salt mines of Saxony and Thuringia into depositories for toxic waste.
- ReChem, for example, concentrates on extremely toxic waste.
- Residents are concerned that toxic waste may be dumped.
- They included the construction of sewage purification plants in 100 coastal cities and the establishment of at least 25 supervised toxic waste depots.
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