landfill

Example Sentences

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The food for the larder is donated by the charity FareShare, which redistributes surplus food and diverts it away from landfill.

From BBC

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