Environment / B2

LANDF-il/ˈlændfɪl/

A landfill is a site where waste is buried, or the waste put there: a landfill tax; landfill sites. Dump is informal; recycling sits opposite in policy. Map landfill downstream of the estate. Mix-up: landfall is when a storm reaches land. Do not call a bottle bank a landfill.

Meaning

A site where waste is buried; also the waste put there.

Examples

• “The geography enquiry maps landfill sites downstream of the estate.”
• “Landfill tax featured in the economics data booklet, which is the policy sense.”

Good to know

a landfill site; landfill tax / waste. Informal: dump. Opposite stream: recycling. Trap: landfall (storms). Geography and news. Buried rubbish, not a storm.

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