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were landfilled
verb
To dispose of garbage by burying it at a landfill site.
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In 2016-17, the last year for which official data is available, about 4m tonnes were landfilled, about 10m incinerated and just over 11m recycled or composted.
Research by WRAP (pdf), the government-funded resource efficiency programme, found that in 2011 the UK disposed of roughly 1.8m tonnes of textiles, of which 350,000 tonnes were landfilled.
It was assumed that the screenings were landfilled and the sludge was incinerated.
Of the large amounts of waste that were induced by Tokyo consumption and then transported to other regions, large quantities of residues were landfilled in other regions after treatment by intermediate waste treatment facilities.
Since two systematic reviews were already available for toxic wastes [ 4, 11], we did not replicate the literature search, but summarized the evidence reported in the available reviews and tried to compare and discuss the results with studies where mainly municipal solid wastes were landfilled.
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We were landfilling more materials.
Currently, because of the lack of knowledge, they are landfilled.
Estimates suggest that 80% of the e-waste in the US is landfilled.
Even after incineration, some waste remains – such as bottom ash – are landfilled.
The second half, which is landfilled, is incombustible and has not yet been valorized.
The residue according with toxicity characteristics leaching standard can be landfilled safely in sanitary landfill site.
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