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  2. Litter in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Similar from state-to-state, these laws define who violators are, the type or "function" of the person committing the action, and what items must be littered or dumped to constitute an illegal act. Municipal ordinances and state statutes require a "human action" in committing illegal littering or dumping, for one to be "held in violation." Most ...

  3. Public urged by TPWA to report illegal dumping in city manholes

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    The continued illegal dumping can create more disruption in workings of the plant and cause the odor to linger. District Attorney Jack Thorp provided information on penalties for the illegal action.

  4. Hooper: Illegal dumping problem lies with prevention ... - AOL

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    Hooper said that data was very revealing how fast the dumping was duplicated. “That is a very quick regeneration of the waste and shows that we do not have a problem with cleaning up illegal ...

  5. Environmental dumping - Wikipedia

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    Environmental harmful product dumping (“environmental dumping”) is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste (household waste, industrial/nuclear waste, etc.) from one country to another. The goal is to take the waste to a country that has less strict environmental laws , or environmental laws that are not strictly enforced.

  6. Pay as you throw - Wikipedia

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    Pay as you throw (PAYT) (also called trash metering, unit pricing, variable rate pricing, or user-pay) is a usage-pricing model for disposing of municipal solid waste. Users are charged a rate based on how much waste they present for collection to the municipality or local authority.

  7. Milwaukee County parks are a magnet for dumping. Here's ... - AOL

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    Garbage bags. Medical waste. Mattresses. Broken concrete. Tires. That's some of the illegal dumping found routinely by the County's Parks Department across the Milwaukee area. "It's not just the ...

  8. How child murder victim's family is turning illegal dumping ...

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    STONY POINT — A pile of illegally dumped stones recently appeared at the edge of Harriman State Park. They had been left near a memorial for a child murder victim whose body was discovered at ...

  9. Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) is an act passed by the United States Congress in 1965. [1] The United States Environmental Protection Agency described the Act as "the first federal effort to improve waste disposal technology". [2]