industrial waste

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The Aberfan disaster led to lasting changes in how industrial waste was managed in the UK.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

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

This discovery points toward a circular system in which fluorine can be recovered from industrial waste instead of being lost through disposal.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

The Tijuana River has been plagued with untreated sewage and industrial waste from Tijuana for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

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