industrial waste

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According to environmental campaigners, industrial waste is often shipped by Western countries to be processed in Asia and Africa, a global trade they estimate may be worth up to $82 billion a year.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The owner of a patch of land where 30 tonnes of industrial waste has been dumped says he feels "helpless" to tackle the issue after being told it would cost £20,000 to clear.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

For decades, the Anacostia was treated as a municipal dumping ground for industrial waste, storm sewers and trash.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

In a January letter to Albany and Berkeley city officials, it wrote that the landfills “may have accepted industrial waste materials that could present a risk to water quality, human health, and the environment.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

I have never known anyone who would even venture to stick his toe in its polluted brown waters, which seethe with sewage, industrial waste, and deadly insecticides.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole