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Fig. 1: The impacts of climate change on solid waste and disposal sites.

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The authors acknowledge Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore), the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (Singapore) and the Economic Development Board (Singapore) for providing financial support for this research. X.F. acknowledges support from the Debris of the Anthropocene to Resources (DotA2) Lab at NTU.

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    Xunchang Fei, Mingliang Fang & Yao Wang

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X.F. conceptualized the correspondence. X.F., M.F. and Y.W. collected, analysed and illustrated available data. The manuscript was written by X.F., with revisions from all authors.

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Fei, X., Fang, M. & Wang, Y. Climate change affects land-disposed waste. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 1004–1005 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01220-5

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