waste sites

Swedish translation: tipp

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English term or phrase:waste sites
Swedish translation:tipp
Entered by: Sven Petersson

16:04 Jul 19, 2001
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: waste sites
Text about environmental polllution

...waste sites contain contaminated sprayers, empty pesticide containers...
CCW
tipp
Explanation:
None needed.
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:11
Grading comment
tack för hjälpen!
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Summary of answers provided
na +1soptipp
Glenn Viklund
natipp
Sven Petersson
na -1återvinningscentral
Glenn Viklund


  

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19 mins
tipp


Explanation:
None needed.


    Native English and Swedish speaker.
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 14763
Grading comment
tack för hjälpen!
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29 mins peer agreement (net): -1
återvinningscentral


Explanation:
Would be where you dispose of your waste. In other words, this is the Swedish equivalent of "waste station".
Återvinning = recycling

This is the Swedish logistic of how this is handled. Reference in Swedish below.


    Reference: http://www.renhallning.stockholm.se/huligan/3.htm
    Native Swedish recycler..
Glenn Viklund
Albania
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 2476

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: "waste station">"återvinningscentral", but "waste site">"tipp". Use of "återvinningscentral" makes nonsense of sentence!
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44 mins peer agreement (net): +1
soptipp


Explanation:
Well, maybe I was to quick. If you refer to just an ordinary waste dump, then the above translation is of course the one to use.


    Native Swede
Glenn Viklund
Albania
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 2476

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson: A good alternative to "tipp"!
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