landfill
site for the disposal of waste materials by burial
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Summary
landfill ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,816 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: place[2]
- Part of: Q134053554[3]
- Has use: disposal[4]
- Commons category: Landfills[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Landfill[6]
- OpenStreetMap tag: landuse=landfill[7]
- Described by source: Green Map Icons[8]
- Has effect: disruption[9], infestation[10], pollution[11]
- Different from: civic amenity site[12], materials recovery facility[13], transfer station[14]
- Uses: burial[15], waste management[16]
- By-product: landfill gas[17], landfill leachate[18]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000533[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- P14692: Sandared[21]
- P14864: kaatopaikka[22]
Why It Matters
landfill has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] landfill is known by 132 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]