Meanings
plural megadumps
- A very large dump, or site for discarding waste.
Standing on top of Trash Mountain (our local megadump) and affirming the Messianic promise of the kingdom of heaven, we cannot help but take responsibility for recycling and reducing consumption.
2000, Ari Elon, Naomi M. Hyman, Arthur Waskow, Trees, Earth, and Torah, page 4141 more example
Down in McDowell County, nothing symbolized the region's tragic fall like a plan hatched in the early 1990s and recently revived to build a 50,000-ton-per-month megadump for garbage in the old coalfields.
2007, Jeff Goodell, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future, page 36
Origin
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