book dumping

Noun

idiomatic uncountable literally

Japanese Meaning

（慣用的な意味）地域社会に負担をかける古い使用済みの本を寄付する行為 / （直訳的な意味）大量の本を廃棄すること

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

地域の指導者たちは、慈善団体が地域に負担をかける不要な古本を押し付ける行為をしていると批判し、地元の学校は使えない古い教科書の段ボール箱を抱えることになった。

Details

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) The practice of donating old used books that burden rather than assist communities.

...there is some sensitivity in Africa to being the recipient of the West's unwanted or secondhand surplus goods, and sometimes well-intentioned gifts of educational materials have been criticized by their recipients as examples of "book dumping" - equivalent, that is, to garbage disposal or to the removal to Africa of European and American toxic wastes.

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