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a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill
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Recent Examples of landfills
These are abandoned or inactive locations, often former mines, landfills or manufacturing plants, where toxic chemical waste was never properly managed.
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Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
If the state could copy the country’s schema, even a 10 percent diversion rate shortly after implementation could keep 118,000 tons of textiles out of landfills in a single year.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
The jewelry traded in will be donated to Good360, a nonprofit organization that collects unwanted goods and keeps them out of landfills nationwide by donating them to families struggling financially.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Rusyniak also says that donating unwanted clothes and shoes helps reduce textile waste, which is one of the fastest-growing contributors to landfills in the United States.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Of the millions of mattresses discarded each year globally, only a small fraction is ever recycled, leaving the vast majority to rot in overstuffed landfills.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Scraplanta, a nonprofit craft outlet and creative space, offers low-cost supplies and hands-on workshops designed to keep usable materials out of landfills while bringing people together.
—Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Leaving waste in landfills is also cheaper.
—Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The brand’s mission is to keep shoes out of landfills.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
If the state could copy the country’s schema, even a 10 percent diversion rate shortly after implementation could keep 118,000 tons of textiles out of landfills in a single year.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
The jewelry traded in will be donated to Good360, a nonprofit organization that collects unwanted goods and keeps them out of landfills nationwide by donating them to families struggling financially.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Rusyniak also says that donating unwanted clothes and shoes helps reduce textile waste, which is one of the fastest-growing contributors to landfills in the United States.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Of the millions of mattresses discarded each year globally, only a small fraction is ever recycled, leaving the vast majority to rot in overstuffed landfills.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Scraplanta, a nonprofit craft outlet and creative space, offers low-cost supplies and hands-on workshops designed to keep usable materials out of landfills while bringing people together.
—Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Leaving waste in landfills is also cheaper.
—Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The brand’s mission is to keep shoes out of landfills.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Landfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfills. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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