Dumping may refer to:
In economics
- Dumping (pricing policy) In economics, "dumping" can refer to any kind of predatory pricing. However, the word is now generally used only in the context of international trade law, where dumping is defined as the act of a manufacturer in one country exporting a product to another country at a price which is either below the price it charges in its home market or, in international trade, the pricing of a product below its cost of production
- Social dumping "Social dumping" is a term that is used to describe a temporary or transitory movement of labour, whereby employers use workers from one country or area in another country or area where the cost of labour is usually more expensive, thus saving money and potentially increasing profit, using transitory labour to save costs
- SUTA dumping SUTA Dumping is a name commonly used to describe a practice used by some companies doing business in the United States to circumvent paying unemployment insurance taxes, as mandated by the Unemployment Tax Act of 1939, the avoidance of paying unemployment insurance taxes
- The practice by Health Management Organizations (HMOs) cutting loose less-healthy patients
In waste management
- Environmental dumping Environmental dumping is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste from one country to another. The goal is to take the waste to a country that has less strict environmental laws, or environmental laws that are not strictly enforced. The economic benefit of this practice is cheap disposal or recycling of waste without the economic, the shipping of waste to a country with lax environmental laws
- Ocean dumping Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally become afloat in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the centre of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter, the deliberate disposal of waste at sea
In aircraft tecnhnology
- Fuel dumping Fuel dumping from an aircraft is used to lighten the aircraft's weight in certain emergency situations. Fuel is typically jettisoned before a return to the airport shortly after takeoff, or before landing at an airport short of the intended destination,used to lighten the aircraft's weight in certain emergency situations
In mathematics
- Equivalent dumping coefficient, used in the calculation of the energy dispersed when a building moves
In medicine
- Gastric dumping syndrome Gastric dumping syndrome, or rapid gastric emptying, happens when the upper end of the small intestine, the jejunum, expands too quickly due to the presence of hyperosmolar food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins concurrently or immediately succeeding a meal. Symptoms of early dumping include nausea, vomiting, bloating, cramping,, when intestines fill too quickly with undigested food from the stomach
- Homeless dumping, medical workers releasing homeless patients on the streets
- Patient dumping The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act is a United States Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. It requires hospitals and ambulance services to provide care to anyone needing emergency treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay. There are no, the refusal to treat people because of inability to pay or insufficient insurance
In music
- Dumpin', a 1999 album by hip-hop group "Psychopathic Rydas"
Other uses:
See also
- Dump
- Litter Litter is waste that people unlawfully dispose of out of doors. It can be packaging or other unwanted items. Litter can be vandalism, carelessness, or inadvertence. Litter is a form of visual pollution. It can harm health, safety, and welfare. It adversely affects wildlife and environmental quality
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