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landfill

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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.


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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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