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Systems and methods for the disposal of industrial and municipal wastes which include placing the wastes in confining containers at a prepared, permanent storage location for potential subsequent re-utilization by industry. The system employed includes a disposal site having a liquid impermeable sup

Systems and methods for the disposal of industrial and municipal wastes which include placing the wastes in confining containers at a prepared, permanent storage location for potential subsequent re-utilization by industry. The system employed includes a disposal site having a liquid impermeable supporting base surrounded by a peripheral dike with a geometrically indexing support structure built on and supported by the base. The geometrically indexing support structure includes a plurality of selectively arrayed surfaces which are collectively positioned to receive and cradle a plurality of waste containers. The waste containers are selected from five different types of containers, each of which types has a geometric configuration such that the containers may be stacked in contiguous fashion with sides abutting so as to leave no space within a vertically and horizontally stacked array of the containers. The system further includes a ramp or lifting apparatus adjacent a geometrically indexing support structure for vertically tiering the described containers, and also preferably includes at least one waste utilizing plant adjacent the peripheral dike. A waste-treating substation is positioned adjacent the dike at a location where an accessway crosses the dike to the area within the dike where the waste is to be stored.

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A system for disposing of wastes comprising: a disposal site including: a base which is substantially liquid impermeable; and a geometrically indexing support structure on said base and including an upper side geometrically configured to contact and support a plurality of contiguously placed waste c

A system for disposing of wastes comprising: a disposal site including: a base which is substantially liquid impermeable; and a geometrically indexing support structure on said base and including an upper side geometrically configured to contact and support a plurality of contiguously placed waste containers of identical shape, said upper side having a configuration complementary and identical to the collective downwardly facing surfaces of a multiplicity of said containers when arrayed in horizontal alignment and in abutting contact with each other so that no lateral spaces or voids exist between said containers; and a plurality of identically shaped polyhedron waste containers stacked on said geometrically indexing support structure in an array to extend in horizontal alignment, in vertical tiers of horizontally aligned containers with said containers collectively occupying the minimum possible volume permitted by their solid geometry, the geometric shape of each of said containers being such that each of said containers has at least eight identical faces and each and every face of each container can be flatly abutted against an identically shaped face on a different container, and with all such abutting faces concurrently contacted during stacking of the containers above that first tier of horizontally aligned containers supported on the upper side of said support structure. A method of storing and utilizing waste matter in an environmentally safe, space-conservative manner comprising: placing the waste matter in a plurality of stackable, identically shaped, polyhedron containers, each having at least eight identical sides and configured to register with contiguously positioned identical containers therearound to thereby form a geometric solid containing solely voids constituted by the waste matter-containing hollow interior of the several containers; selectively stacking the waste matter-containing containers on a supporting structure in vertical tiers, with each tier containing a plurality of horizontally aligned containers in contiguous abutting relationship, and with no space between containers within the stack, said supporting structure including as upper side geometrically configured to contact and support a plurality of said contiguously placed waste containers of identical shape, said upper side having a configuration complementary and identical to the collective downwardly facing surfaces of a multiplicity of said containers when arrayed in horizontal alignment and in abutting contact with each other so that no lateral spaces or voids exist between said containers; and indexing and registering the location of each container in the stack to facilitate future location and retrieval thereof to gain access to the waste material stored therein.