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Where today's convenience becomes the next millennium's archaeology.
means A landfill is a site where waste is buried in the ground as the primary way of disposing of it.
from Simple compound of 'land' plus 'fill' — literally filling land with refuse, often used to reclaim low or marshy ground into usable terrain. The term and the engineered practice (compacted layers of waste covered with soil) took shape in the 20th century as cities needed organized alternatives to open dumping and burning.
- decomposition rate
- hot dogs can outlast hieroglyphics down there
- design flaw
- modern landfills are sealed to prevent decomposition entirely
- gas byproduct
- methane from landfills gets captured to power homes
- buried banana
- takes longer to rot in landfill than a Twinkie