incinerator
noun
in·cin·er·a·tor
in-ˈsi-nə-ˌrā-tər 
: one that incinerates
especially
: a furnace or a container for incinerating waste materials
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Completed in 1925, the incinerator at 821 N. B St. was hailed as a system that adopted cutting-edge technology to dispose of residents’ garbage, according to The Sacramento Bee’s archives from its opening.
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
Half went to landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia, where some U.S. trash is shipped for processing.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Higher costs are a particular challenge for Solid Waste as the department faces higher garbage-hauling fees following the fire that last year shut down the county’s trash incinerator in Doral.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Last month, Maryland filed a lawsuit against Curtis Bay Energy, a medical waste incinerator, over air pollution violations, a few months after issuing the company a large fine.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
Half went to landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia, where some U.S. trash is shipped for processing.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Higher costs are a particular challenge for Solid Waste as the department faces higher garbage-hauling fees following the fire that last year shut down the county’s trash incinerator in Doral.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Last month, Maryland filed a lawsuit against Curtis Bay Energy, a medical waste incinerator, over air pollution violations, a few months after issuing the company a large fine.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
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incinerator
noun
in·cin·er·a·tor
in-ˈsin-ə-ˌrāt-ər
: a furnace or a container for burning waste materials
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