landfill
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In 1982, Agnes Denes planted 2 acres of wheat seed into a thin layer of topsoil she’d spread over lower Manhattan’s Battery Park landfill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Globally, it's estimated that 300,000 disposable nappies are sent to landfill or incinerated every minute, leading to environmental issues as many contain plastics and synthetic materials and can take hundreds of years to decompose.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
When they aren’t thieving, bald eagles also scavenge from roadkill or help themselves to free food found in human garbage or at the town landfill.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
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 • Feb. 21, 2026
They are ushered into waiting taxis and down VIP Road, past a colossal landfill and into the heart of North Calcutta.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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East Asia - Middle School
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