landfill

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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

The organ preservation charity Pipe Up has carried out a survey and says five pipe organs each week are going to landfill.

From BBC

The company, which is backed by Singapore state-investment company Temasek and has a supply deal with apparel maker Lululemon, plans to tailor microscopic organisms to retrieve materials from electronic waste otherwise destined for landfills.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indonesian rescuers have called off the search for victims of a landslide at the country's largest open landfill after pulling seven bodies out from under debris, an official said Tuesday.

From Barron's

There is not a dump or landfill to take our trash to and so we separate it— organic, inorganic—and deal with it ourselves.

From Literature