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Definitions for toxic waste
tox·i·c waste

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. toxic waste, toxic industrial wastenoun

    poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)

Wiktionary

  1. toxic wastenoun

    Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds

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  1. Toxic waste

    Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated by industry, consumer products like televisions, computers, and phones contain toxic chemicals that can pollute the air and contaminate soil and water. Disposing of such waste is a major public health issue.

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  1. toxic waste

    Toxic waste refers to any waste material that can harm living organisms, particularly humans, either directly or indirectly when released into the environment. This waste usually comes from industrial or manufacturing processes and can include harmful chemicals, radioactive materials, heavy metals, or other pollutants that can contaminate soil, air, and water sources. Toxic waste poses significant risks to public health and ecosystems if not properly managed and disposed of.

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  1. Toxic waste

    Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death, injury or birth defects to living creatures. It spreads quite easily and can contaminate lakes, rivers, and the atmosphere. The term is often used interchangeably with “hazardous waste”, or discarded material that can pose a long-term risk to health or environment. Hazardous wastes are poisonous byproducts of manufacturing, farming, city septic systems, construction, automotive garages, laboratories, hospitals, and other industries. The waste may be liquid, solid, or sludge and contain chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, dangerous pathogens, or other toxins. Even households generate hazardous waste from items such as batteries, used computer equipment, and leftover paints or pesticides. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency and the state departments oversee the rules that regulate hazardous waste. The EPA requires that toxic waste be handled with special precautions and be disposed of in designated facilities around the country. Also, many cities in the United States have collection days where household toxic waste is gathered. Some materials that may not be accepted at regular landfills are ammunition, commercially generated waste, explosives/shock sensitive items, hypodermic needles/syringes, medical waste, radioactive materials, and smoke detectors.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of toxic waste in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of toxic waste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of toxic waste in a Sentence

  1. Leonel Mingo:

    We hope the oil companies will stop contaminating the Patagonian ecosystem with toxic waste and will close this dump that violates provincial and national laws.

  2. David Bissonette:

    I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.

  3. Hollin Kretzmann:

    It’s inexcusable that state regulators are letting oil companies dump toxic waste fluid into California’s water supplies during the worst drought in 1,200 years, the oil industry’s illegal injections need to stop immediately to protect our groundwater.

  4. Micron:

    Hatred is toxic waste in the river of life.

  5. Joe Biden:

    The fact that this train did not qualify under current law requiring the railroad company to make that notification is just absurd. this is more than a train derailment or a toxic waste spill – it’s years of opposition to safety measures coming home to roost.

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