Corporations are Dumping Surplus into Landfills — Because Scarcity Drives Prices Up

For every pair of shoes, you don’t throw away, Amazon will discard one for you

Philip S. Naudus
An Injustice!
Published in
4 min readAug 12, 2022

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Growing landfills is a crucial part of many corporations’ business models (vkingxl/Pixabay)

Every day, a new cargo ship carrying hundreds of tons of unused clothing arrives in Panipat, India. The workers begin opening the crates, then use knives and electric saws to slash through…

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