landfilling

Examples

• All

• The potential environmental damage wrought by landfilling is a matter of understandable and legitimate concern.

  Academic text (1992)

• The average cost of landfilling is estimated at $239 per dry ton (about $34.5 million total).

  Academic text (1995)

• In 1998, six states reported that landfilling was on the rise, while 36 did not.

  Academic text (1999)

• And only six states report an increase in the landfilling of biosolids.

  Academic text (1998)

• The cost data above give evidence of recycling program average costs exceeding those of landfilling.

  Academic text (1992)

• New regulations in Holland ban landfilling unprocessed waste as of January 1, 1996.

  Academic text (1996)

• From the city's viewpoint, landfilling seems to be an untapped resource.

  Academic text (1998)

• According to the report, 80 percent of Georgia's local governments have met the 1996 ban on landfilling yard trimmings.

  Academic text (1999)

• The city's reliance on landfilling creates an incentive to divert materials to increase landfill life.

  Academic text (1996)

• New regulations in Holland ban landfilling unprocessed waste to protect the environment.

Synonyms

B

burying

vslandfilling

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Putting something into the ground and covering it with dirt

is specifically about disposing waste in a designated site rather than general underground placement

Surface Forms

Etymology