rubbish
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Pope Leo XIV made a visit on Saturday to Italy's "Land of Fires", where for decades the mafia has illegally dumped and burned toxic rubbish, poisoning both people and their land.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Others are land, often privately owned and in the countryside, which has been used to dump huge piles of rubbish.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In places, the amassed rubbish has formed veritable islands of plastic.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The planned changes form part of the government's waste crime action plan, which includes a wide range of crackdowns on waste criminality, including rubbish left on streets and large illegal waste sites.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Mitraillette, the farmer’s elder daughter who was the only other girl there besides me, was very jolly about filling the plane with rubbish.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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