Trying to meet a target set by one of those European directives, it discourages landfilling by taxing it heavily.

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He said landfilling on the part of the site closest to the residents would finish next spring - a year earlier than anticipated.

BBC: Landfill site (generic)

We know why too: because various of the greens (and Greens, members of the political party) think that landfilling trash is a very bad idea.

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Germany does no landfilling at all.

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