landfill
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Now, the landfill site will stay open for another four decades.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
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
The food for the larder is donated by the charity FareShare, which redistributes surplus food and diverts it away from landfill.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 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
Tam Lin said their resting places were impossible to distinguish from landfill.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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East Asia - Middle School
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