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landfill Definition

land·fill (-fil′)

noun

  1. the disposal of garbage, rubbish, etc. by burying it under soil or earth
  2. a place used for this purpose
  3. garbage, rubbish, etc. so disposed of

landfill Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • reduce: Conservative Richmond has reduced landfill by 20,000 tons a year.
  • enter: Its aim is to improve the environment by reducing the amount of waste from electrical and electronic equipment entering landfills.
  • use: To dispose of ultimate residual waste by using landfill.

Adjective modifier

  • sanitary: Key words: Geographic Information System, creative thinking, environmental analysis, sanitary landfills.
  • hazardous: Similarly, there are reports that hazardous waste is not going to hazardous waste landfills.
  • reduced: Recycling glass into new containers has four main environmental benefits - energy saving, lower emissions, reduced landfill and a reduction in quarrying.
  • modern: Modern landfills accepting municipal solid waste will be designed to meet the requirements of the Landfill Directive.
  • old: Which makes perfect sense because this entire neighborhood has been built upon an old landfill.
  • large: Promote waste strategies to use rail as the preferred mode for access to larger landfill, incinerator or recycling centers.

Modifies a noun

  • leachate: In addition Jamie designs reed bed treatment systems for the treatment of mine drainage and landfill leachate.
  • tax: The project is funded by landfill tax credits from Shanks First.
  • gas: Improve the efficiency of landfill gas collection systems to 80 % by April 2008.
  • diversion: INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGE Clearly recycling must be coupled with effective disposal to achieve the landfill diversion goal.
  • site: The teacher to hand out pictures of landfill site without titles.
  • disposal: What is the potential pollution from landfill waste disposal?

Noun used with modifier

waste: Methods of assessing risk to health from exposure to hazards released from waste landfills.

Preposition: of

waste: This is already the County Council's policy and this strategy presumes against the landfill of raw household waste.

Preposition: for

waste: All glass sectors are looking at alternatives to landfill for refractory waste when it comes to the end of its life.

Preposition: by

  • %: We've reduced the amount of waste sent to landfill by 92 %.
  • ton: Conservative Richmond has reduced landfill by 20,000 tons a year.