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Household waste

A truck dumping waste at a resource depot/landfill dump.

A truck dumping waste at the resource depot. Unless rubbish is separated into different categories for recycling (paper, plastics and glass), waste is put into landfill – simply burying all the waste in a large hole in the ground.

Rights: WasteMINZ

Published: 9 September 2008Size: 82.45 KB

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