rubbish

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The two localities, home to about 40,000 people, decided to take radical action around 25 years ago after predictions that their communal rubbish dump would be full by 2004.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Three of the worst illegal rubbish dumps in England are set to be cleaned up at the taxpayers' expense as part of a national waste crime action plan launched by the government.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In January, a BBC investigation identified 11 of these sites, including one in Gloucestershire that residents said had seen up to 50 vehicles deliver rubbish every day at its peak.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

In others AFP found rubbish piled up at the entrance.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Monday morning was blue and white, and everything was blowing: cumulus clouds, bare branches, scraps of rubbish.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett