landfill
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Thirty people died in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday when a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed before dawn onto neighbouring homes following heavy rains, the government said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Andy Burnham needs to wake up and smell the landfill," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The $1.7-billion project included a stadium to be built on top of a former Carson landfill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bonus: Giving away unwanted stuff directly to neighbors made me feel better than sending it to a landfill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 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
And California recently enacted a law requiring retailers to manage how clothing waste is disposed of, in a bid to keep clothes from further bloating landfills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Major fires occurred at a number of landfills throughout 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The 85 million pounds of food, including meat and fish, is expected to be hauled to multiple landfills in Los Angeles, Ventura and Riverside counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
She reminded him that parts of the city had been built on landfills containing arsenic, lead, mercury, barium, and other carcinogens.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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East Asia - Middle School
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