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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Chucking them in the trash isn’t a great option, because landfills are full of old clothing.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025 -
Tens of millions of tons are produced every year, and much of it ends up in landfills, adding to the growing global plastic crisis.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Sanitary landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitary%20landfills. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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