to landfill
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- verb
- /ˈlændˌfɪl/
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depositar en vertedero
- After sorting, the remaining waste will be landfilled at a designated site outside the city.
- waste being landfilled
- material being landfilled
- solid waste being landfilled
Examples
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Shingles had to be landfilled due to a lack of local markets.
Academic text (1998) -
For the first eight days of the competitions, the mixed waste stream was landfilled.
Academic text (1996) -
Only two of the operating facilities said they had to landfill the finished compost.
Academic text (1996) -
The program started slowly, with nearly all material being landfilled, but quickly picked up steam.
Academic text (1995) -
Finally, a beneficial product would be created from materials that were previously landfilled.
Academic text (1997) -
To be competitive, the primary disposal option needed to keep capital costs low was landfilling.
Academic text (1998) -
Each year, nearly a quarter million tons of construction and demolition debris are landfilled in Alameda County.
Academic text (1999) -
Now, just over half of the U.S. wastes received at Sarnia are treated and landfilled.
Academic text (1992) -
Because all of the sewage sludge now had to be landfilled, the cost of performing the contract increased significantly.
Academic text (1999) -
Most of this stream is landfilled except for refrigerators (CFCs are recovered prior to recycling) and TVs.
Academic text (1996)
Compounds
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A place where trash is buried and covered with earth to reduce smell and pollution
- Literature
A type of indie music from the 2000s that people see as very similar and not original
How Dirty
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Landfill comes from the parts land and fill, so it literally means to 'fill' the land with waste. That's why to landfill something is to bury garbage in the ground at a designated site.