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landfill a. disposal of waste material by burying it under layers of earth b. (as modifier): landfill sites landfill [′lan‚fil] (civil engineering) Disposal of solid waste by burying in layers of earth in low ground. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| LANCASTER -- Already getting more than one-third of its trash from Los Angeles, the Lancaster Landfill could see more dump trucks rolling through its gates, following a request to increase its maximum daily trash intake by 1,300 tons a day. The different materials going into C&D and MSW landfills require different techniques on how they are placed in the landfill cell, says Dr. Last year, Americans generated nearly 390 million tons of trash--and more than half was carted off for landfill burial. |
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