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# Dump

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# Tragedy
46 dead after landslide at Ethiopian rubbish dump
Around 300 people live on the site.
# Bitcoins
Man searching for binned €4.8m told there's 'no chance' of finding it
James Howells accidentally binned $7.5m.
# Energy
Gas from a dump in Kildare to become electricity for 14,000 houses
Bord na Móna is building a landfill gas power plant at the Drehid facility near Allenwood, with production beginning next year.
# Maldives
This island is a toxic dump in the centre of paradise
Thilafushi, an artificial island in the middle of the Maldives archipelago, is the dumping ground for Malé and luxury hotels.
# Medicines
Tablet dump to help raise awareness of addiction to medication
In the past five years, benzodiazepine use has increased by nearly 40 per cent in Ireland. People are being encouraged to dump their old stockpiles of medication.
# haulbowline
Threats of EU fine prompts clean-up of toxic Cork dump
The dump at the former Irish Steel plant at Haulbowline Island – featuring toxic waste – is to be cleaned up by 2014.
# Dump
Fire fighting ends at Kildare landfill
Kerdiffstown dump will be monitored on continual basis for the next week.