Tower Hamlets LibDem Councillor Stephanie Eaton said it made more financial sense to spend money on recycling facilities than on land fill tax.

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The 400-plus campsites set on 1, 900 acres of land fill up in July and August since sites are spacious, private and affordable, even by camping standards.

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Not every state has a mandatory land fill ban on their electronics, meaning that in some states it is legal to throw stuff out without any regard for environmental or health damage.

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The farmers' aquaculture method, which drew on underground water to fill their shrimp ponds, was causing the surrounding land to sink.

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One of the tour leaders on our boat estimated that the total number of people who have actually set foot on this land mass -- tourists, scientists and explorers -- would fill a very large football stadium.

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The trust already owns 12 miles of land on Wenlock Edge, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and has said it would provide climbing activities and canoeing, while letting the quarries fill up with plants and animals, should it acquire the land.

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The enormous amount of earth that was excavated to make the bathtub was used to fill the Hudson River on the west side, creating the man-made land where Battery Park now stands.

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Shopping outlets around the country are built because someone had the land and someone else (a financial institution) was willing to provide low cost financing rather than to fill the shopping needs of the local consumers.

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