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waste disposalˈwaste disˌposal noun  - Air pollution and waste disposal were the two issues most in need of further legislation, according to the research.
- I have never come across a people more obsessed with waste disposal.
- Instead of generating less waste, they get rid of fussy impediments to waste disposal.
- It retained water and yet had subtle membranes which permitted air to penetrate and facilitated waste disposal of the embryo.
- Nuclear waste Disposal of intermediate level nuclear waste on land also presents a hazard.
- Paper could also be easily recycled and would considerably lift the waste disposal burden.
- The Department of Environment has confirmed the figure of 1,300 problem waste disposal sites.
- Waste: Tighter controls on dealing with waste are proposed with regulation carefully separated from those involved in waste disposal.
► Environment & wasteacid rain, nounbiohazard, nounbottle bank, nouncatalytic converter, nounclean-up, nounconservancy, nounconservation, nounconservation area, nounconservationist, nounconserve, verbcontaminant, nouncontaminate, verbeco-, prefixeco-friendly, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecologist, nounecology, nounecosystem, nouneffluent, nounenvironmental, adjectiveenvironmentalist, nounenvironmentally friendly, adjectiveglobal warming, noungreen, verbgreenhouse effect, noungreenhouse gas, noungreen revolution, nounhabitat, nounnational park, nounnoise pollution, nounozone, nounozone-friendly, adjectiveparticulates, nounpoison, verbpollute, verbradioactive waste, nounradioactivity, nounrecyclable, adjectiverecycle, verbrecycling, nounreforestation, nounsewage, nounsewage works, nounsmog, nounsulphur dioxide, nountip, nountoxic waste, nounwaste disposal, nounwaste product, noun 1[uncountable] the process of getting rid of unwanted materials or substances: the problem of radioactive waste disposal2 (also waste disposal unit) [countable] British English a small machine under the kitchen sink that cuts food waste into small pieces so that it can be washed down the drain SYN garbage disposal American English |