Toxic Waste Site (Noun)
Meaning
A location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally).
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The nearby town was plagued by the discovery of a toxic waste site that had been secretly dumping hazardous materials for years.
- Environmental activists were outraged by the government's decision to allow a new factory to be built on a former toxic waste site.
- The company was fined millions of dollars for operating a toxic waste site without proper permits or safety protocols.
- The community was shocked to learn that their local park had once been a toxic waste site, and that the soil was still contaminated with hazardous chemicals.
- The EPA declared the abandoned industrial site a toxic waste site and began a costly cleanup effort to restore the area to a safe condition.