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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 hotel diverts little to no waste to landfills, thanks to an ORCA food-waste digester installed in 2018, and has phased in in-house water bottling and refillable bathroom dispensers to eliminate single-use plastics.
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
And diverting and redirecting waste from landfills, whether through recycling or reusing, boosts crew morale on film sets.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Naperville has also been testing ways to keep food out of landfills, drawing inspiration from an already existing plan with waste and recycling contractor Groot Industries.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Owing to the complexity and costs involved, many used up batteries are simply sent to landfills.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2025
With local landfills nearing capacity, about half of the county’s waste is now shipped by train to out-of-state facilities, increasing both environmental and financial costs.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Seaweed from beaches gets a second life As Joao Adriano Rossignolo, a professor of biosystems engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP), explains, sargassum is normally collected and sent to landfills without any practical use.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Now Macedonian farms are being bought at ever lower prices, many becoming landfills.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
And diverting and redirecting waste from landfills, whether through recycling or reusing, boosts crew morale on film sets.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Naperville has also been testing ways to keep food out of landfills, drawing inspiration from an already existing plan with waste and recycling contractor Groot Industries.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Owing to the complexity and costs involved, many used up batteries are simply sent to landfills.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2025
With local landfills nearing capacity, about half of the county’s waste is now shipped by train to out-of-state facilities, increasing both environmental and financial costs.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Seaweed from beaches gets a second life As Joao Adriano Rossignolo, a professor of biosystems engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP), explains, sargassum is normally collected and sent to landfills without any practical use.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Now Macedonian farms are being bought at ever lower prices, many becoming landfills.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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