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Dumping is an activity of depositing waste in an area.


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Solution

The correct option is A True

The above statement is true.

Explanation

  1. A landfill site sometimes referred to as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a location where waste items are disposed of.
  2. Although systematic burying of garbage with daily, intermediate, and ultimate covers only began in the 1940s, landfill is the oldest and most widespread form of waste disposal.
  3. In the past, trash was simply piled up or dumped into pits; this is referred to as a midden in archaeology.

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