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And the excess of brands like Brandy Melville are eventually dumped in countries in the global south like Ghana, where clothes waste has turned their oceans and waterways into dumping grounds.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Ghana and other countries in Africa have become a dumping ground for our unwanted fast fashion.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
At the time, dollar stores were seen as dumping grounds for undesirable products, but the Gold family made the stores bright and well-organized, with good-quality merchandise including groceries and household supplies.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Venezuela and Haiti are using America as a dumping ground for their problems.
—Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
For generations, the rivers were dumping grounds for machine shops, tanneries, gas plants and breweries.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Just as sewage data can fill gaps in SARS-CoV-2 tracking, this public dumping ground can provide up-to-date, population-level information about which illicit drugs are being used in a community and whether prevention strategies are having an impact.
—Betsy Ladyzhets, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
January happens to be the month in which people are most likely to quit their jobs, and is also the month traditionally reserved as a dumping ground for the movies studios expect nothing from.
—Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Ghana and other countries in Africa have become a dumping ground for our unwanted fast fashion.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
At the time, dollar stores were seen as dumping grounds for undesirable products, but the Gold family made the stores bright and well-organized, with good-quality merchandise including groceries and household supplies.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Venezuela and Haiti are using America as a dumping ground for their problems.
—Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
For generations, the rivers were dumping grounds for machine shops, tanneries, gas plants and breweries.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Just as sewage data can fill gaps in SARS-CoV-2 tracking, this public dumping ground can provide up-to-date, population-level information about which illicit drugs are being used in a community and whether prevention strategies are having an impact.
—Betsy Ladyzhets, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
January happens to be the month in which people are most likely to quit their jobs, and is also the month traditionally reserved as a dumping ground for the movies studios expect nothing from.
—Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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