Solid-waste disposal prior to 1960 was mostly about the

A) sanitary treatment of sewage from cities and towns.
B) safe storage of radioactive wastes.
C) removal of topsoil contaminated by chemical spills.
D) disposal of household and commercial garbage.


D

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