disposal method
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdisposalandmethod
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disposal
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈspəʊ.zəl/us/dɪˈspoʊ.zəl/
the act of getting rid of something, especially by throwing ...
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method
noun[C]
uk/ˈmeθ.əd/us/ˈmeθ.əd/
a particular way of ...
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In contrast, landfill is often treated as a finaldisposalmethod.
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Thus, landfill was found to be a suitable wastedisposalmethodfor bigger cities whose population is above one million and waste generation more than 1,000 tons per day.
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As regards landfill gas, we see this primarily as a wastedisposalmethod.
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That may raise prices for the disposal of the other wastes treated by that route, and it would affect the competitiveness of thedisposalmethod.
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For many types of hospital waste, however, incineration will remain the most appropriatedisposalmethod.
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Information on the breakdown of this cost bydisposalmethodis not collected centrally.
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There is at present no safedisposalmethodthat we could ask local authorities to undertake.
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It is hard to understand why that quick, simpledisposalmethodis not being more widely used.
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For many types of waste, however, incineration will remain the most appropriatedisposalmethod.
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First, as has been mentioned, landfill is without doubt the cheapestdisposalmethod, as well as being, in many cases, the best one.
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At the moment landfill is a cheapdisposalmethodbut eventually land will run out and landfill will no longer be possible.
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Farmers would then need to use an alternativedisposalmethod, such as the rendering or knackery services or incineration.
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Sea dumping was considered to be the safest and most practicaldisposalmethodat the time.
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The shallow trenchdisposalmethodmeans that waste has to be carted across the country and dumped on areas that have nothing to do with it.
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The research report was published in 1978 and concluded that controlled landfill was acceptable in a range of geological circumstances and confirmed previous experience with thisdisposalmethod.
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Such a provision could be much more flexible allowing different types of waste, different types of farm or different types ofdisposalmethodto be brought under control.
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However, this has become an increasingly unacceptabledisposalmethodfrom both environmental and social perspectives.
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By the 1970s, incineration was thedisposalmethodused.
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Rural residents of developing countries who burn plastic as adisposalmethodare not protected from the chemical inhalation hazards associated with this practice.
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The wet disposal of ash into ash ponds is the most common ashdisposalmethod, but other methods include dry disposal in landfills.
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