as in sanitary landfill
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Noun
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024 -
Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
Noun
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The series, which premieres on Prime Video on May 20, is set amid junkyards and repair shops, gangs and high school cliques.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The series follows a team of collectors in search of antique items found in junkyards, old barns and more.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Other criteria evaluated were battery life and dustbin capacity.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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There's no large dustbin at the top of the handle like the company's other models.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Every second of every day, a garbage-truck-sized load of clothing is dumped in landfills.—
Karen Dougherty,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Sadly, most of these hard-to-recycle materials end up buried in landfills or get mixed into products like cement.—
Terence Musho,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
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The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Dustheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustheap. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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