disposal problem

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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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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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The increased use of communal spray showers is possibly a direct result of thedisposalproblemassociated with spent plunge-dipping chemicals.
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Moreover, cheap imports of secondary material waste tend to crowd out the local recovery system leading to a domestic wastedisposalproblem.
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It would he prudent therefore to provide a framework of guidance for such operations before the sludge is produced and creates adisposalproblem.
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We must get a national policy on thisdisposalproblem.
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There would be an inevitable manuredisposalproblem.
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The perceived plastic bagdisposalproblemis based on the view that most go to landfill.
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We have no adequate answers to the wastedisposalproblemin my area, which has no landfill sites.
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That technology, coupled with the nuclear wastedisposalproblem, have made people question the possibility of emplacing nuclear waste under the seabed.
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You cannot in all seriousness expect us to eat hazardous waste just to solve the wastedisposalproblem!
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There is no reason why the fast breeder reactor programme should be held up for thatdisposalproblem.
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As the quantity, complexity and hazardous nature of wastes has grown, so has thedisposalproblem.
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None the less, we are left with a big wastedisposalproblemthat has to be faced.
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Unless the clearance anddisposalproblemis expedited far beyond the capacity of local resources, more than half of the fallen timber will have deteriorated into uselessness.
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Unwanted natural gas can be adisposalproblemat the well site.
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At the same time, rendering solves what would otherwise be a majordisposalproblem.
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Unwanted natural gas was adisposalproblemin the active oil fields.
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While not a solution to thedisposalproblem, it is likely that bacteria have developed the ability to consume hydrocarbons.
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One of her priorities was attempting to resolve the city's wastedisposalproblem.
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Petitioners' second major argument concerns federal regulation aimed at the nuclear wastedisposalproblemitself.
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Increased erosion also reduces the life of reservoirs, makes additional water treatment necessary and creates greater sludge disposal problems.
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