landfill
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A council spokesperson said: "Information about Stoneyhill landfill site's active management plan is available on the council's website."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bonus: Giving away unwanted stuff directly to neighbors made me feel better than sending it to a landfill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
More than 30 people have been detained overall in connection with fires allegedly caused either deliberately or by negligence, including the mayor of the tourist island of Paros over a landfill fire last week.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ultimately it’s better for the environment if clothes get a new life through a preloved section, rather than piling up in a landfill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In the last two centuries, people have literally carted away many of its buildings, using the stones for churches, homes, bridges, public buildings, and even landfill.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Most of that gets shipped to landfills outside the city, costing taxpayers around $500 million every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said the company was spending $1 million a day to get rid of the food, haul it to landfills and tamp down odors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
About 79% is sent to landfills, while another 12% is burned, a practice that releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Apart from that, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry will evaluate 390 landfills across Indonesia in early August 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
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