LANDFILL


Meaning of LANDFILL in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a landfill site (= where rubbish is buried )

Recycling reduces the volume of waste which goes into landfill sites.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

site

This causes problems in finding enough suitable landfill sites .

Current landfill sites are more than sufficient to handle all of the trash expected to be generated for the next several years.

But it's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up.

The rest is dumped in landfill sites .

Now authorities are having to monitor landfill sites , a process which is expensive and lengthy.

Currently 95 percent of it is buried in landfill sites at an annual average of half a tonne of rubbish per household.

It's all part of a plan to cut down on the quantity of rubbish being taken to already overflowing landfill sites .

■ VERB

dump

The rest is dumped in landfill sites.

A further 42 percent is spread on farmland and 23 percent is dumped in landfills or piped out to sea.

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