Recycling · Home and routines
landfill
waste disposal site
A place where large amounts of waste are buried in the ground.
This vs that
The rubbish goes to landfill.
The bottles are recycled.
Hear it in real life
Why is recycling important?
It keeps useful materials out of landfill.
Too much household rubbish still ends up in landfill.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This is the natural phrase used in everyday environmental discussions.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Most of our rubbish ends up in the landfill.
Say: Most of our rubbish ends up in landfill.
When speaking generally about waste disposal, ‘landfill’ is often used without ‘the’.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
a landfill; send/take waste to landfill
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about recycling.
put it in the recycling
Rinse the bottle and put it in the recycling.
Recycling words
Home and routines · Recycling: the words around “landfill”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
A lot of rubbish still ends up in landfill.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
landfill
waste disposal site
“Too much household rubbish still ends up in landfill.”
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