🗑️ Landfills of the World

These are the world's notable landfills — the engineered ground where a community's refuse is buried and managed, some long closed and returned as parks or nature reserves. Each profile shows where the site is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

75 landfills from 18 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any landfill for its full profile.

Africa (3) Americas (48) Asia (12) Europe (11)

Africa (3 landfills)

Americas (48 landfills)

Asia (12 landfills)

Europe (11 landfills)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.