as in dump
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill
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Man who lost bitcoin in landfill wants to buy the garbage dump
Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin — or so James Howells believes, after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
The researchers estimate their approach reduced overall resource depletion by 96.6% compared to fresh solar panels tossed in a landfill after one life cycle.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
There are accounts of brown, swirling muck near the landfill, of barrels leaching amber ooze into the grasses and ground.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Plastic jugs are often not recycled & end up in landfills.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
The researchers estimate their approach reduced overall resource depletion by 96.6% compared to fresh solar panels tossed in a landfill after one life cycle.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
There are accounts of brown, swirling muck near the landfill, of barrels leaching amber ooze into the grasses and ground.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Plastic jugs are often not recycled & end up in landfills.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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