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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 landfills
The biggest issue with keeping hundreds of millions of pairs of shoes out of landfills each year is that they’re not designed to be recycled.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
The rest is downcycled, exported — often to countries in the Global South — or ultimately discarded in landfills.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead of being a problem that clogs oceans and landfills, plastic could become the raw material for tools that protect human health.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
The rest goes to landfills, the ocean or incinerators.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This film marries the two, as modern macro economics lead people to abandon fertile lands in search of work in urban cities, depleting the white storks’ natural food supply as farms become landfills.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Not only is the material snuggly soft, but it’s made with special yarn derived from recycled plastic from landfills and oceans.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Discharge of polluted water and discarded electronic components into rivers, groundwater supplies, landfills, or unregulated recycling facilities results in the hazardous materials gradually seeping into surrounding soil and water systems.
—Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Almost one third of the clothes produced every season are never sold and may go straight to landfills.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
The rest is downcycled, exported — often to countries in the Global South — or ultimately discarded in landfills.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead of being a problem that clogs oceans and landfills, plastic could become the raw material for tools that protect human health.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
The rest goes to landfills, the ocean or incinerators.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
This film marries the two, as modern macro economics lead people to abandon fertile lands in search of work in urban cities, depleting the white storks’ natural food supply as farms become landfills.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Not only is the material snuggly soft, but it’s made with special yarn derived from recycled plastic from landfills and oceans.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Discharge of polluted water and discarded electronic components into rivers, groundwater supplies, landfills, or unregulated recycling facilities results in the hazardous materials gradually seeping into surrounding soil and water systems.
—Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Almost one third of the clothes produced every season are never sold and may go straight to landfills.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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