as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
even after many years in sanitary landfills, disposable diapers have proven to be resistant to decomposition
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
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By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
Many people work collecting rubbish for resale at the Matuail sanitary landfill, the largest waste disposal site in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
The modern sanitary landfill emerged in the 1970s, when states first devised legal guidelines for massive waste management.
—Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
Many people work collecting rubbish for resale at the Matuail sanitary landfill, the largest waste disposal site in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
The modern sanitary landfill emerged in the 1970s, when states first devised legal guidelines for massive waste management.
—Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
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