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- noun Plural form of
landfill . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
landfill .
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Examples
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Organic matter in landfills is a source of methane.
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In and of itself, cork in landfills is not necessarily a bad thing, but increasing the use of fossil fuels to transport it negates the recycling effort.
Corkfinger - Amorim, ReCORK America and cork recycling | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I am tempted to conclude that reducing the amount of hazardous waste dumped in landfills is not a priority for the new administration.
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The very same ubiquitous bottle-toppers pose a dangerous threat to oceans, birds and marine life when they are improperly disposed of and wind up in landfills or sent down storm drains.
Aveda is Saving Oceans & Marine Life One Plastic Cap at a Time | Inhabitat 2009
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E-waste is a huge issue right now and your electronics could end up in landfills, with toxic chemicals seeping into our ecosystems and polluting our waterways.
Creative and Greener Ways to Get Rid of Old Electronics | Inhabitat 2010
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Out of all that waste, only 13.6 percent of it was recycled — the rest wound up in landfills or was shipped to developing nations.
The Problem with E-Waste | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2010
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Buildings consume 76% of electricity generated; they create 48% of our greenhouse gases; a quarter of our waste in landfills comes from construction.
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The residue of burning coal is often deposited in landfills or slurry ponds, with risk of heavy metals like mercury, arsenic, lead and selenium eventually leaching into drinking water.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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Putting yard waste in landfills would be a fairly efficient method of carbon sequestration.
The Waste of Recycling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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 Well, when you find yourself throwing out about 70 pounds of garbage per week, instead of putting that into plastic garbage bags that sit in landfills, we save money by using less.
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