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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
Furthermore, the current production methods contribute to a huge waste problem, with over 66% of US clothing ending up in landfills annually.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Industries already benefiting from SulfurSolve include landfills, plants, and wastewater treatment facilities.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
This means roughly 35 million tons of leaves and grass hit the nation's landfills, though this number has been in decline since the 1990s when some states (but not Indiana) began introducing legislation that discouraged yard waste heading to landfills.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
Once in landfills or wastewater treatment plants, that waste breaks down and emits greenhouse gases.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 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
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Industries already benefiting from SulfurSolve include landfills, plants, and wastewater treatment facilities.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
This means roughly 35 million tons of leaves and grass hit the nation's landfills, though this number has been in decline since the 1990s when some states (but not Indiana) began introducing legislation that discouraged yard waste heading to landfills.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
Once in landfills or wastewater treatment plants, that waste breaks down and emits greenhouse gases.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 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
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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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