landfill

Oshea Orchid, a local lawyer, filed the first class-action lawsuit in 2023 against the operators of the county’s second-largest landfill, alleging the fumes were sickening her neighbors, causing headaches and heart palpitations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

For the longest time, the residents of Val Verde could not find a lawyer willing to fight the landfill enveloping their neighborhood in clouds of stench.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Orchid, 43, said the point of starting the landfill litigation was to shutter the dump and squeeze out enough money from the owners for her sick neighbors to move out of town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke and displacing hundreds of local residents.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

But when an earthquake shakes landfill, it can spell trouble, especially when the surrounding soil is sandy.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Apart from that, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry will evaluate 390 landfills across Indonesia in early August 2026.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Early results suggest the approach could provide a practical new destination for plastics that might otherwise end up in landfills or the ocean.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

Public trust in recycling is low; less than one-third of household recyclables are collected, with 37 million tons ending in landfills.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Also included are the sites of underground gas storage facilities, refineries, fuel terminals, legacy pollution sites, active industrial sites, landfills, dumps and recycling centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly