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Example sentences for: landfill

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An environmental expert may study the winds that flowed from the old Wingate landfill incinerator's smokestacks, and identify wide areas where people may have been exposed to toxic chemicals.
The packaging for Seventh Generation toilet paper claims that "[i]f every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 500 sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissues with 100% recycled ones, we could save: 297,000 trees; 1.2 million cubic feet of landfill space, equal to 1,400 full garbage trucks; 122 million gallons of water, a year's supply for 3,500 families of four."
This artificial island built from landfill dredged for canal construction has been embellished by Les Floralies flower park in the center of a circuit for Grand Prix motor racing.
Under the Granville Bridge, Granville Island (really a triangular peninsula of landfill) is a cheerful collection of markets, cafés, galleries, boutiques, and theaters.
In 30 years, however, an immense landfill project transformed it into the city’s most fashionable residential and commercial district to which the well-to-do moved from Beacon Hill and the South End.