Landfill

Deutsch: Deponie / Español: Vertedero / Português: Aterro sanitário / Français: Décharge / Italiano: Discarica /

A landfill is Disposal area where garbage is piled up and eventually covered with dirt and topsoil.

Other /More definition:
A Landfill is a specially constructed site for safely and effectively disposing of garbage.

Other /More definition:
A Landfill is a location for the disposal of wastes on land designed to protect the public from hazards in waste streams; sanitary Landfills, designed to receive municipal solid waste, are distinguished from hazardous waste Landfills, designed to isolate hazardous substances

---> see also:
"Landfill" is in the NAICS Code "562212"
(Solid Waste Landfill Waste disposal Landfills, nonhazardous solid)

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