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thumb|right|One of several landfills used by Dryden, Ontario, Canada
A landfill is a designated site where waste materials are disposed of and buried in the ground. It matters because it's a primary method communities use to manage their garbage and other discarded materials.
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thumb|right|One of several landfills used by Dryden, Ontario, Canada
A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials, including municipal solid waste. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate, and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).
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