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• The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.From the entry life
• Virginia Beach actually had a large landfill before it was turned into a public park.From the entry Virginia Beach
• Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.2007 January 14, Elsa Brenner, “Art House to Get a Campus”, in New York Times. From the entry synthetic
• Indeed, it has campaigned against "biodegradable" products, many of which don't break down in landfills.1990, Zach Schiller, "P&G Tries Hauling Itself Out of America's Trash Heap", Business Week (April 23, 1990), Environment, page 101. From the entry outgreen
• The solids would then be dumped at a federally approved toxics landfill.1988 January 15, Paul Botts, “Environment: Waukegan's Toxic Waits”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry federally
• Sludges produced at C must be periodically clamshelled out & transferred to controlled landfill.1979, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Effluent Guidelines Division, Draft Development Document for the Iron and Steel…. From the entry clamshell
• The sludge will be clamshelled and landfilled, or recycled to melting operations.1976, Russell E. Train, Andrew W. Briedenbach, Ernst P. Hall, Edward L. Dulaney, Patricia e. WIlliams, John G. WIlliams, Development…. From the entry clamshell
• Material that was not recyclable was sent to landfill.2022, Johnny Allen, Robert Harris, Leo Jago, Festival & Special Event Management, Essentials Edition, page 296. From the entry serviceware
• In my next move, I sent one of my aides to Chiayi County to sign a contract to lease a landfill.2014, Jerome A. Cohen, Lu Hsiu-lien, Ashley Esarey, My Fight for a New Taiwan, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL…. From the entry Chiayi
• A housing development in Jordan Valley will go ahead despite faultlines and landfill gas, legislators were told yesterday.1999 June 24, “Flats approved despite gas”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2023. From the entry Jordan Valley
• The very thought of having even a secure landfill anywhere near them is anathema to most Americans today.1980 November 6, Emilie Travel Livezey, “Hazardous waste”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry nimby
• In cities like Houston, for example, all-white zoning boards targeted Black neighborhoods for the siting of noxious facilities, like landfills, incinerators and garbage dumps.2021 November 2, Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, “Poison in the Air”, in ProPublica, archived from the original on 17 Feb…. From the entry nimby
• By the twelfth they're in landfill.2012 December 21, George Monbiot, “Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 24. From the entry amusing
• In Dover, Woodmont Properties is the designated redeveloper for the entire 75-acre former landfill site, not just the 10-acre hotel property, called Hilton Homewood Suites.2008 March 30, Antoinette Martin, “Why Dumps Are Gaining in Allure”, in New York Times. From the entry redeveloper
• But I think that for most people, you have to care enough to bring your own mug and keep another Tims cup from the landfill.2006 August 19, KD, “Tim Hortons”, in hfx.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026. From the entry Tims
• Of course, the remains of meat in fresh garbage or at a landfill are not the most pleasing archaeological artifacts that one can handle.2001, William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy, Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry meat diaper
• Network Rail says the introduction of free water fountains at its managed stations has helped to save the equivalent of three million plastic bottles from entering landfill.2020 March 11, “Network News: Water fountains cut plastic waste”, in Rail, page 23. From the entry water fountain
• The proposed study will deal with PCB and DDT which contaminates soils and groundwater in Malaysia through unengineered landfills and the use of pesticides for agriculture.2015 December 12, “Adsorption of DDT and PCB by Nanomaterials from Residual Soil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry unengineered
• Cardiff Cycle Workshop, due to launch later this month, saves rejected old bikes from being tipped into landfill and revitalises them for new owners at cheaper prices.2010 July 8, Hannah Waldram, “New Cardiff Cycle Workshop opens as city sees vintage bike revival”, in The Guardian. From the entry revitalise
• Instead of developing a new in-county landfill, remaining solid waste would be disposed of in existing landfills and longhauled to an out-of-country landfill once the existing landfills reached their capacity.1995 December, “Description of the Applicant's Proposed Project and Other Alternatives”, in Draft Federal Environmental Impact Statement…. From the entry longhaul

Meaning of landfill

1. verb To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
2. noun A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
3. noun Such material that is disposed.

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How do you use landfill in a sentence?

Landfill is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.”

What is a short sentence with landfill?

“By the twelfth they're in landfill.”

What does landfill mean?

Landfill means to dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.