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kitchen midden

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Definition of kitchen midden

as in sanitary landfill

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The law banned putting yard waste — roughly one-fifth of municipal wastes — in sanitary landfills in 1990 and obliged local governments to recycle.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.

— By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024

Definition of sanitary landfill

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The following day, detectives obtained a search warrant for Metayer’s phone records, which placed him at U Pull It Davie, a self-service junkyard the day after the crash.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
With the rising number of launches, the orbit is slowly turning into a junkyard.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

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Its Omnicyclone station uses bagless cyclonic separation to empty the vacuum's dustbin directly into a washable container, eliminating the need for recurring dustbag purchases.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026

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But every year, millions end up in a landfill after a single use, and many are made from synthetic plastics that don't easily break down, contributing to environmental pollution.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
But the sudden evolution of the improbably shaped and hyperabundant broiler chicken will be unmissable because the osseous debris of our fowl hunger—drumsticks and wing bones and oversized sternums—winds its way into landfills.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

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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

Definition of midden

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But many towns have some sort of leaf pickup, while others have a mulching transfer station, where residents are encouraged to bag and bring their leaves.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Department of Public Works officials said the fire did not cause structural damage to the transfer station but the facility remains without power.

— Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026

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