Backfilling

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Backfilling means ‘a recovery operation where waste is used in excavated areas (such as underground mines, gravel pits) for the purpose of slope reclamation or safety or for engineering purposes in landscaping and where the waste is substituting other non-waste materials which would have had to be used for the purpose.’[1]

References

  1. ↑ DEFRA, 2019 UK Statistics on Waste. London: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Government Statistical Service.
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