Thesaurus results for KITCHEN MIDDEN

kitchen midden

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Definition of kitchen midden

as in sanitary landfill

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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.

— By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.

— Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024

Definition of sanitary landfill

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A couple of years ago, the three members of mary in the junkyard flew to New York City from London with no plan other than to play for whoever would have them.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026
Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026

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When selecting a car vacuum, Koukia suggests considering battery life, weight, suction power, dustbin size, and attachments.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes.

— Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 June 2026

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Residents of Val Verde, a tiny town north of Los Angeles, claim Downtown LA Law Group used a cowboy recruiter to find plaintiffs for a lawsuit about a local landfill.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Once derided as 'Garbage Island’ because of its overflowing landfills, Taiwan has reinvented itself into a global model for green tourism.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of landfill

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The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

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His family went without answers for five decades — until genealogy advancements allowed investigators to crack the cold case by linking human remains found at a waste transfer station in Pima County to Sipfle's family, per KVOA and KOLD.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
This transfer station caught fire a few years ago, smoldering for nearly two weeks and releasing toxic fumes into the air.

— Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 27 May 2026

Definition of transfer station

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