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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyards
landfills
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The biggest issue with keeping hundreds of millions of pairs of shoes out of landfills each year is that they’re not designed to be recycled.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The rest is downcycled, exported — often to countries in the Global South — or ultimately discarded in landfills.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Junkyards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyards. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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