disposal
n. uncountablen. the act of getting rid of something you no longer want or need. It can also mean having something available for you to use whenever you like.
n. the act or process of getting rid of something; also, the power or opportunity to make use of something. Often appears in the prepositional phrase 'at one's disposal'.
The safe disposal of batteries is important for the environment.
After the renovation, the contractors handled the disposal of all the old wood and broken tiles.
With a vast library of digital resources at her disposal, the researcher was able to cross-reference the historical documents without leaving her home office.
From dispose + -al.
Commonly used in the fixed phrase 'at one's disposal' to indicate availability. When referring to the act of throwing things away, it is often preceded by an adjective like 'waste' or 'sewage'.
the disposal for the trashthe disposal of the trashThe noun requires the preposition 'of' when describing the act of getting rid of a specific object.