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Tanit Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

civic amenity

0What a "01i00civic02i00 01i00amenity02i00" is in the context of waste management facilities?02br
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00I don't know whether it makes a difference, but it's in a document written in BrE.02br
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0Could be several things depending on the exact context, but some sort of waste management facility provided by the local council. e. 0-

— Nona the brit

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0Could be several things depending on the exact context, but some sort of waste management facility provided by the local council. So it could be a public toilet for example, or a rubbish tip, or a recycling collection point...02br
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00My guess is that it is probably the local rubbish tip, where residents can take rubbish that won't be taken by the regular rubbish collecti
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0A specially developed location for the controlled reception of bulky wastes, from both householders and small traders.02br
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0That is a rather more elegant description of my 'rubbish tip'. 050010id1
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0Yep, but you took the bother of thinking about it. I simply Googled it. 05002br
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0Thank you very much, Nona and Yohf.02br
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00My picture lists "landfill sites" - "transfer stations" - "civic amenity sites", so it definitely shouldn't be a toilet 05002br
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00I'll take the "rubbish tip-specially developed location ..." one00 010id1
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0You're welcome, Tanit.02br
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