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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As a result, most of this plastic barrier packaging is discarded to landfills as single-use materials.—
J. Carson Meredith,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026 -
Most of it ends up in landfills or the ocean.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Sanitary landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitary%20landfills. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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