compactor

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District attorney investigators covertly intercepted eight deliveries of garbage compactors from the three county hospitals starting in November 2023, Bud Porter, a supervising deputy district attorney, told The Times in an interview Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Cells called fibroblasts and macrophages pick up collagen fragments for degradation in lysosomes, the trash compactors of cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024

“Years ago, everything went in the garbage … to the landfills, the compactors or wherever it was,” said Rafferty, who has 40 years in the industry.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2023

Every New Yorker deserves to live in a place where the trash compactors work, where trash is collected frequently and sealed away from rats, and where walls aren’t full of rat-made holes.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2023

At that moment, I heard a sound like a thousand trash compactors crushing metal.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan