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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
This approach shifts waste from landfills into a valuable product, directly supporting a more sustainable, circular economic model.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Since 2020, the group has rescued more than 270,000 meals – reducing hunger and keeping the food out of landfills.
—CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
LiquiDonate sustainably reroutes excess inventory, returns and unsellable goods from retailers to nonprofits instead of landfills, transforming a costly problem into a tax-deductible, socially impactful solution.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Recycling old shoeboxes gives them another chance to be turned into something more useful instead of building landfills and emitting greenhouse gases into the air.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Much of it is dumped in landfills, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Half went to landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The film is plastic-based, so that's more plastic going into landfills and the greater environment.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Rotary phones, once a staple in the typical mid-century living room, were largely relegated to dusty basements and landfills following the introduction of the push-button touch-tone phone.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Since 2020, the group has rescued more than 270,000 meals – reducing hunger and keeping the food out of landfills.
—CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
LiquiDonate sustainably reroutes excess inventory, returns and unsellable goods from retailers to nonprofits instead of landfills, transforming a costly problem into a tax-deductible, socially impactful solution.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Recycling old shoeboxes gives them another chance to be turned into something more useful instead of building landfills and emitting greenhouse gases into the air.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Much of it is dumped in landfills, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Half went to landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The film is plastic-based, so that's more plastic going into landfills and the greater environment.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Rotary phones, once a staple in the typical mid-century living room, were largely relegated to dusty basements and landfills following the introduction of the push-button touch-tone phone.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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