The largest man-made structure in the world is The Great Wall of China. The 2nd largest is the Staten Island garbage landfill in New York.

Waste is deposited in a landfill in the long term.

Roads, bridges, subways, water supplies, oil and gas wells, power plants, sewage treatment plants, landfills—virtually all human infrastructure—is at risk from sea level rise.

The river is like a floating landfill.

We have made several failed attempts at foresting the local landfill.

Light bulbs should be taken to landfills.

Plastic in landfills lasts for hundreds of years.

“There is over 21 billion pounds of textile in the U.S. alone, in landfills and I strive to reduce that number, at least a little,” she says.

According to data from the company Rostekhnologii, only eight percent of household waste is recycled in Russia, while the rest of the garbage is taken to landfills for burial.

Conservation International says an estimated eight million metric tons of plastics go into the ocean every year. And that's not even counting the amount that ends up in landfills or by the side of the road.