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The proposed project would install trees for shade, artistic benches and canopies, vertical trellises to grow food, and solar-powered lights equipped with cameras for capturing illegal dumpers in the act.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2023

He said he is encouraged by the pilot, but he’s skeptical whether Public Utilities can catch illegal dumpers using cameras.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Unfortunately, I realized while going through this shish kebab storm that all the people close to me — family, friends, co-workers — are dumpers.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

One of the so-called midnight dumpers went to prison, along with the head of the company, leaving state officials and the E.P.A. to decide where to place 60,000 tons of contaminated soil.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2020

It went singing over the pack, pressing ever with a stronger hand upon its dumpers and ridges––pushing it, everywhere, faster and faster out to sea.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman