humanity's honest autobiography, buried in layers and read by no one.
means an engineered pit where trash gets compacted and covered so it stops being your problem, forever.
from from simple old english compound land plus fill, meaning to fill land with material; the modern sanitary version was engineered in 1930s fresno, california, to trap odor and vermin under daily soil cover instead of just dumping in the open.
fresno sanitary landfill — 1937 birthplace of the modern landfill, now a national landmark
puente hills landfill — once americas largest, closed 2013 after taking la trash since 1957
fresh kills landfill — staten island site, once visible from space, now becoming a park
apex regional landfill — las vegas site spans over 2200 acres of desert waste