sanitary landfills

plural of sanitary landfill
as in landfills
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped even after many years in sanitary landfills, disposable diapers have proven to be resistant to decomposition

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landfills
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  • 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
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“Sanitary landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitary%20landfills. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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