as in dump
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill

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Recent Examples of landfill After residents, historians and preservationists rallied together to stop a plan to build a landfill on the site of the Quindaro ruins in the mid-1980s, archeological teams unearthed the remains of 22 buildings and numerous artifacts. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025 The moves will impact several climate programs including the greenhouse gas reporting program and EPA’s partnerships on methane – a super-polluting, planet-warming gas emitted from oil and gas, agriculture and landfills. Annie Grayer, CNN Money, 6 May 2025 Around 36% of all plastic produced globally is used for packaging, and about 85% of that goes to landfills, according to the UN’s Environment Programme. Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for landfill
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  • Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.
    Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.
    Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 15 June 2017

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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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