landfill

Example Sentences

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Diverting those tonnages from landfill or incineration can "improve our recycling rate as a nation quite significantly", he explained.

From BBC

The Seattle-based waste service is geared toward people who worry their waste will end up in the landfill, or get exported to a developing country in Asia.

From Los Angeles Times

The Marine Conservation Society said historic litter often washes up at this time of year due to the seasonal storms - and that eroding coastal landfill sites are releasing a lot of "retro" rubbish too.

From BBC

Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis.

From Barron's

Until 2001, Staten Island was perhaps best known for the fact it took in the city's waste at a massive landfill site.

From Barron's