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many people do not want landfills sited near their homes, but they do want their trash to go somewhere. what do environmentalists call this? nimby cercla rcra reach
NIMBY stands for "Not In My BackYard". It describes the situation where people oppose the location of something like landfills near their homes while still wanting the waste - disposal service to exist elsewhere. CERCLA is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, RCRA is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and REACH is a European Union regulation on chemicals.
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A. NIMBY