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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
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.
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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
This stainless steel set comes in handy when there’s nothing else around to eat with, and even better, helps keep single-use plastic out of landfills.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2025
Alongside global efforts to reduce plastic use, conservationists stress the urgent need to secure landfills and prevent wildlife from accessing harmful materials.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Most are at wastewater treatment plants, landfills, food manufacturers and industrial sites.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
While keeping those devices out of smelters and landfills is laudable, buyers need to be sure that previous owners’ data has been erased.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
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
This stainless steel set comes in handy when there’s nothing else around to eat with, and even better, helps keep single-use plastic out of landfills.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2025
Alongside global efforts to reduce plastic use, conservationists stress the urgent need to secure landfills and prevent wildlife from accessing harmful materials.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Most are at wastewater treatment plants, landfills, food manufacturers and industrial sites.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
While keeping those devices out of smelters and landfills is laudable, buyers need to be sure that previous owners’ data has been erased.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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