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Final placement or destruction of toxic, radioactive, or other wastes; surplus or banned pesticides or other chemicals; polluted soils; and drums containing hazardous materials from removal actions or accidental releases. Disposal may be accomplished through use of approved secure landfills, surface impoundments, land farming, deep-well injection, ocean dumping, or incineration.
[Source: EPA Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/]
