A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s.

What does a dumping ground mean?

: a place to which unwanted people or things are sent.

What is a dumping ground synonym?

A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth. landfill. dump. tip. junkyard.