Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
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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.
Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
The Shark Stratos is designed for true hands free maintenance, featuring a NeverTouch Base that handles everything from emptying the dustbin to washing and drying the mop pads.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, city officials—prodded by tenants and small-business owners, clergy and homeowners, and, yes, some landlords—rejected advice to consign neighborhoods such as East Flatbush to history’s dustbin.
The move came after allegations that a Pittsburgh funeral director defrauded thousands of grieving families and threw their pets into landfills.
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Tory Wegerski,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Of the material that is collected, only a fraction is sorted for recycling, with most still directed toward landfill, incineration or export — generally to the global south for resale or reuse.
The Gateway station was designed to serve as both a research platform and a transfer station that astronauts would use to board the moon landers before descending to the lunar surface, Reuters reported.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
Lunar Gateway was designed to serve as both a research platform and a transfer station that astronauts would use to board the moon landers before descending to the lunar surface.
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