landfill
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Araujo was committed to keeping landfill waste from the giant cleanup to a minimum.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Multiple residents told AFP the smoke from the landfill, which stopped receiving trash last August, only gets thicker at night.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The US government's disaster agency has linked emissions from landfill fires to cancer, liver damage, rashes and reproductive disorders.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The owner of a former illegal landfill site in east London which repeatedly catches fire has refused permission for the local council to implement its own temporary solution.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
I roll my eyes and turn to go rip apart my room looking for a sheet of paper that’s probably already in a landfill somewhere.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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East Asia - Middle School
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