landfill
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But opposition parties said illegal dumps were a small part of a much bigger issue with smaller scale fly-tipping and landfill all posing big problems for communities.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Bonus: Giving away unwanted stuff directly to neighbors made me feel better than sending it to a landfill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
More than 30 people have been detained overall in connection with fires allegedly caused either deliberately or by negligence, including the mayor of the tourist island of Paros over a landfill fire last week.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ultimately it’s better for the environment if clothes get a new life through a preloved section, rather than piling up in a landfill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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 "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Most of that gets shipped to landfills outside the city, costing taxpayers around $500 million every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said the company was spending $1 million a day to get rid of the food, haul it to landfills and tamp down odors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Apart from that, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry will evaluate 390 landfills across Indonesia in early August 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Early results suggest the approach could provide a practical new destination for plastics that might otherwise end up in landfills or the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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East Asia - Middle School
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