landfills
Where trash accumulates
Landfills are sites where garbage and other waste materials are disposed of by burying them in the ground.
Modern landfills are engineered with liners and drainage systems to prevent contamination of surrounding soil and groundwater, though older or poorly managed sites can leak pollutants into the environment.
The term often carries negative connotations in environmental discussions, as landfills produce methane gas and take decades or centuries to decompose.
The city's landfills are nearly at capacity.
Discarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- refuseReject or garbage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- debrisScattered broken fragments
discards · junk · scrap · litter · detritus · residue · organic waste · industrial waste
Act of unearthing
- acreageAmount of land owned
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
remediation · brownfield · topography · terrain · siting · buffer zone · groundwater · setback
Reducing volume through pressure
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- coverProtect by overlaying
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- layeringForming successive strata
gas extraction · capping · permeability · containment · drainage · venting · environmental controls · barrier
garbage
Discarded waste material
debris · discards · junk · scrap · litter · detritus · residue · organic waste · industrial waste · construction debris
excavation
Act of unearthing
reclamation · remediation · brownfield · topography · terrain · siting · buffer zone · groundwater · setback · permitting
compaction
Reducing volume through pressure
layering · gas extraction · capping · permeability · containment · drainage · venting · environmental controls · barrier · impermeable
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
- Environmental problemsair pollution, water pollution, climate change, global warming, habitat loss
- Environmental Justiceenvironmental racism, environmental rights, environmental policy, climate justice, social equity
- environmental serviceswaste management, remediation, air quality, water treatment, recycling
- Environmental Techpollution control, emission controls, carbon capture, catalytic converters, scrubbers
- Human Impacthuman impact, carbon footprint, ecological footprint, climate change, global warming
landfillszero waste
Eliminating discarded materials entirely
recycling · upcycling · reuse · circular economy · waste prevention
landfillsnature preserves
Protected ecological areas
wilderness areas · pristine environments · national parks · wildlife sanctuaries · conservation lands
- sanitary landfillRegulated waste disposal site
- landfill sitesDesignated waste burial areas