as in sanitary landfill
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024 -
Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
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Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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Idea from dad’s junkyard Johnson spent part of his childhood in Milltown, Wis., where his father, also named Joe Johnson, owned a junkyard.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2025
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Dust Bin: Many vacuums will also alert you when the dustbin is full.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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The removable mop mount snaps into notches on the bottom of the robot's dustbin/water tank.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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In 2022, lawmakers implemented Senate Bill 1383, which initially mandated the diversion of 50% of all food and organic waste away from landfills, but increased to 75% on Jan. 1, 2025.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Over the years, multiple locations have been suspected as the source of the stench, particularly the landfill and the city’s wastewater treatment plant along James P. Snell Drive off U.S. 441.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Dustheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustheap. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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