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PRONUNCIATION OF REFUSE DISPOSAL

refuse disposal  [ˈrɛfjuːs dɪˈspəʊzəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFUSE DISPOSAL

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Refuse disposal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REFUSE DISPOSAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

refuse disposal

Waste management

Waste management is the "generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of solid wastes". There are various types of solid waste including municipal, agricultural, and special. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics. There is a wide array of issues relating to waste management and those areas include: ▪ Generation of waste ▪ Waste minimization ▪ Recycling and reuse ▪ Storage, collection, transport, and transfer ▪ Treatment ▪ Landfill disposal ▪ Environmental considerations ▪ Financial and marketing aspects ▪ Policy and regulations ▪ Education and training ▪ Planning and implementation. Waste management practices are not uniform among: countries; regions, and sectors.

Definition of refuse disposal in the English dictionary

The definition of refuse disposal in the dictionary is the act of disposing of rubbish and waste.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFUSE DISPOSAL


carousal
kəˈraʊzəl
counterproposal
ˈkaʊntəprəˌpəʊzəl
deposal
dɪˈpəʊzəl
disposal
dɪˈspəʊzəl
espousal
ɪˈspaʊzəl
exposal
ɪkˈspəʊzəl
hosel
ˈhəʊzəl
housel
ˈhaʊzəl
hyperarousal
ˌhaɪpərəˈraʊzəl
losel
ˈləʊzəl
mousle
ˈmaʊzəl
nousle
ˈnaʊzəl
overarousal
ˌəʊvərəˈraʊzəl
predisposal
ˌpriːdɪsˈpəʊzəl
proposal
prəˈpəʊzəl
serosal
sɪˈrəʊzəl
spousal
ˈspaʊzəl
supposal
səˈpəʊzəl
tousle
ˈtaʊzəl
transposal
trænˈspəʊzəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFUSE DISPOSAL

refurbishment
refurnish
refusable
refusal
refuse
refuse bin
refuse chute
refuse collection
refuse collector
refuse destructor
refuse disposal service
refuse disposal unit
refuse dump
refuse lorry
refuse truck
refusenik
refuser
refusion
refusnik
refutability

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFUSE DISPOSAL

bomb disposal
garbage disposal
mine disposal
mucosal
neurosal
petrosal
reposal
sclerosal
sewage disposal
squamosal
submucosal
thimerosal
waste disposal

Synonyms and antonyms of refuse disposal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «refuse disposal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFUSE DISPOSAL

Find out the translation of refuse disposal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of refuse disposal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refuse disposal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垃圾处理
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eliminación de residuos
570 millions of speakers

English

refuse disposal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निपटान मना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التخلص من النفايات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вывоз мусора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coleta de lixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্পত্তি প্রত্যাখ্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

traitement des ordures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tolak pelupusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Müllbeseitigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ごみ処理
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쓰레기 처리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nolak pembuangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ chối xử lý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அகற்ற மறுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विल्हेवाट नकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Atık imha et
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smaltimento dei rifusi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wywóz odpadów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вивезення сміття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eliminarea deșeurilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκομιδή των απορριμμάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskikking te weier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avfallshantering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

renovasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refuse disposal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFUSE DISPOSAL»

The term «refuse disposal» is regularly used and occupies the 59.277 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFUSE DISPOSAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «refuse disposal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «refuse disposal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about refuse disposal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFUSE DISPOSAL»

Discover the use of refuse disposal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refuse disposal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Discussion of Municipal Refuse Disposal with Special ...
Victor Sandner. situation in Oakland. (See Oakland Ordinance in Appendix). Final Disposal. Method of Final Disposal Employed in Berkeley. The present method of final disposal of refuse employed in Berkeley comprises the burning of  ...
Victor Sandner, 1917
2
The Economic Disposal of Towns' Refuse
REFUSE DISPOSAL ix EUROPE .'4.; How Refuse is disposed of in Paris, Vienna, Buda Pest, Berlin. Hamburg, Cologne, Wiesbaden, Munich, Trieste, Geneva, Brussels. Naples, Turin, Rome, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Lisbon and Gibraltar.
Walter Francis Goodrich, 1901
3
American Alchemy: The History of Solid Waste Management in ...
The war years and postwar demobilization obviously caused the committee to delay the development of the planned companion document on refuse disposal. During this interval of time, the Committee on Refuse Collection and Disposal was ...
H. Lanier Hickman, 2003
4
Challenges in Fine Coal Processing, Dewatering, and Disposal
This book is a compilation of information presented at the 2012 Fine Coal Symposium, sponsored by the Coal Preparation Society of America; the Pittsburgh Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.; and the ...
Mark S. Klima, Barbara J. Arnold, Peter J. Bethell, 2012
5
Collection and Disposal of Municipal Refuse
CHAPTER XIII SELECTING THE METHOD OF DISPOSAL A. INFLUENCE OF LOCAL CONDITIONS The choice of the most suitable method of refuse disposal for a given place is governed by certain general and special conditions. Thus we  ...
Rudolph Hering, Samuel Arnold Greeley, 1921
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Refuse collection Refuse disposal facilities Refuse disposal industry Sanitary landfills Scrap materials Sewage disposal Sewage disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. Sewage disposal in the ocean Ships—Waste disposal Waste disposal in the ground ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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Australian National Bibliography
An unpromised land 305.892409414 Refugees, Political - Services for - Australian Capital Territory TRANSACT health kit 362.1786 Refuse and refuse disposal Fahey, Kelvin. Recycling and waste disposal of plastics in Hong Kong 363.7288 ...
‎1978
8
Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment
"British Refuse Destructors," 388-89; Hering and Greeley, Collection and Disposal of Municipal Refuse, 311-12; Wyld, "Modern Methods of Municipal Refuse Disposal," 208; "Sanitary Disposal of Municipal Refuse," 106; Morse, Collection and ...
Martin V. Melosi, 1981
9
Community Health Nursing
Methods of Refuse Disposal There are number of methods of refuse disposal which are equally suitable in all circumstances. The choice of a particular method is governed by local factors such as cost and availability of land and labour.
Basavanthappa, 2008
10
The Abandonment of Settlements and Regions: ...
Abandonment and the formation of domestic sites Previous research has shown that material patterning at domestic sites results in large part from human refuse disposal during site use, abandonment, and postaban- donment (Cameron l99l; ...
Catherine M. Cameron, Steve A. Tomka, 1996

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFUSE DISPOSAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term refuse disposal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DEP Acts to Clean Up Contaminated Sludge at Indiana Co. Coal …
TLC specialized in treating leachate from a nearby coal refuse disposal site and ... lined roll-off boxes and properly transported to disposal sites in Pennsylvania. «Gant Daily, Mar 15»
2
Kaduna Residents Lament Poor Refuse Disposal
waste-disposal Residents of Sabon Tasha, Barnawa and Kakuri areas in Kaduna metropolis have called on the State Environmental Protection Agency (KEPA) ... «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Dec 14»
3
Manager blames Trademoore, Abuja, flooding on indiscriminate …
Edwina Aniko, the Site Manager of Trademoore Estate, has blamed the recent flooding in the area on indiscriminate refuse disposal which blocked the drainage ... «Premium Times, May 14»
4
Hampton looking to leave regional refuse district
HAMPTON — Town officials hope Hampton is granted permission next week to leave the Southeast Regional Refuse Disposal District, which governs the solid ... «Seacoastonline.com, Apr 14»
5
Niagara County Sheriff's Office and Niagara County Refuse
The County's Pharmaceutical Collection program is a joint effort between the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, Niagara County Refuse Disposal District, Town of ... «Marketwired, Mar 14»

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