landfills

plural of landfill
as in dumps
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill

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Recent Examples of landfills Blades are frequently buried in fragments in several landfills throughout the Great Plains, transforming sites in Wyoming, Iowa, and South Dakota into wind turbine graveyards. Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 While landfills may not emit hazardous compounds, non-biodegradable debris is occupying more and more space. Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Many industries and landfills that made life untenable are gone, wiped out by economic downturns and deindustrialization, but the land and air are still so choked with detritus and pollution that people have not returned. Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024 Human sources of methane emissions include oil and gas systems, landfills, wastewater treatment facilities and a host of other industrial processes. Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024 Methane comes from livestock, landfills, and leaking oil and gas infrastructure and is an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024 Elevations in all of the hotspots were consistent with what’s expected at former landfills, according to GSI. Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024 The pair of reports show how much work remains for companies to meet their ambitious pledges to cut the plastic waste that is clogging landfills, polluting waterways and oceans, and threatening human health. Jeff Young, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 Because of their smaller size—which averages less than 5 megawatts on anywhere up to to a few dozen acres—they can be built over otherwise unusable land like old landfills or on brownfields. Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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