Fast fashion: The dumping ground for unwanted clothes - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2021
- Fashion brands are overproducing to meet the demands of modern trends and countries in West Africa are drowning under the weight of waste shipped to their shores every week.
BBC Africa's Thomas Naadi investigates why donations and recycled clothing are actually ending up in landfill.
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The fabric is also expensive in water resources. Cotton is often grown in arid locations, unfortunately.
Cotton rots down. It's the plastic which is the biggest problem.
@@public.public Plastic probably isn't the first concern of the people who used to live near the Aral Sea. The crop the locals were growing in excess starts with "cotto_" and ends in... take a guess?
Hemp is by far the best crop for clothing
@@seaweed1992True. Both hemp and linien recquire hardly any pesticides and use little water. They also have anti-bacterial properties and suck moisture well. Good for sportswear
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It truly hurts me to look at this and I feel bad, but for a couple of years in my 20ies I was binge buying clothes. My jacket now is from 7 years ago, my boots are from 3 years ago and I wear stuff until it falls apart. I also dont buy polyester and faux leather (sorry vegans, but 1 pair of quality leather shoes lasts as much as 5 pairs of plastic. I dont eat animals). I also shop at thrift shops and if I cant find what I need there, go to normal shops - gives other people’s rubbish a second life. Stop buying shit you dont need. Nobody needs 20 bags and 40 pairs of shoes.
Same here!
Same here too
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you sound pathetic. too afraid to enjoy the fruits of your labor,
@@akvs94 And the point is? she is still spending money on things she enjoys. But from what i read she has been brain washed into feeling guilty about anything she could enjoy. No clothes, not good food probably no kids or boyfriend. she might as well just fade away into the ether.
This is totally crazy. I would be very disappointed if a pair of trousers or a top lasted less than three years. You don't try to be trendy, but go for classics that will always look good.
Nothing lookes good after two years . And the classical look isn't always the best.
@@hannahdyson7129 It really rather depends on what you buy, how you wear it and how you care for it.
Why not just buy natural fabric cotton, silk, wool & such ? Totally stop buying anything synthetic? That's certainly doable
@@hannahdyson7129 has a lbd ever gone out of fashion.
Orange is new black and purple new navy blue....
It all means style is essentially the same...only it gets recycled.
It only shows a lack creativity on parts of user to buy new fashion every fall.
Costly items like trouser and skirts, I would appreciate if I get more wears out of them.
Exactly
That's why I always say that don't run after fashion because it changes like a blink of an eye. That's why I don't purchase alot of clothes.
Yes. Good if all of us start to stop buying everything because is trend and buy because we are going to use it and we like it 😔
Totally, it's one of the biggest fads out there.
It's all the marketing and they know how to use mostly women. Before there used to be four seasons very well defined, now there are so many seasons in one season, sales of fast fashion and young women rushing to buy so cheap without stopping for a moment to think why it costs so cheap. Those clothes don't even last, you wash them about 10 times and they start to fall apart and the colors fade, nobody knows how to sew anymore, they don't mend their clothes, they throw it away and get more. It's disgusting tbh.
@@veronicaalmeda8014 all thanks to the stupid pop culture
I wear my clothes till they fade or rip. Never understood the whole buying clothes for fashion every month.
I am so embarrassed as a human being. Imagine, we were gifted this beautiful planet, unlimited natural resources and all in the name of ‘fashion’ we just dump the things we don’t want after a few wears. I’m so glad we have experienced a rise in recycling apps that encourage us to just sell the things we no longer need for a decent price. But we need to do 100x better. We’re pumping so much money into the pockets of those who don’t give two tosses about our well-being and this is the result of it. Covid gave me a rude wake up call, when I realised how much money I was spending on clothes that I absolutely did not need, I was disgusted with myself to be frank. I hope many more people wake up to the illusion soon too. Together we can all do so much better. 🙏
People need to start being educated on this matter and thousands of other matters because if we are not educated then we are at a loss
@@imsoooboredjaehyun I don’t know if it’s education or lack of consideration. Surely it must cross peoples mind at some point where their waste is going??? But I agree, it needs to be talked about more. Unfortunately there isn’t much money to be made from this kind of broadcasting.
Imagine what God thinks.
unlimited resources??
i feel the same... its crazy when you think about it..
All major n minor fashion houses should take the responsibility of this mess..shame on them...shame on us who keep on buying clothes when it is even not needed..
What about the people who are physically throwing the clothing into the ocean, they carry no blame whatsoever? Or the people in Africa who are ordering entire shipping containers of clothes? There not directly to blame? It's not the chocolate bars fault you can't stop eating it.
@@bekesir12 that is also wrong but two wrongs cannot make one thing right, 1st see the source of the problem...what we are seeing in the deposits in sea , are the outcome of this madness
@@bekesir12 they buy the clothing thinking it is reusable and resell able, like it was 20 years ago. Now they are being sent junk. Yes, maybe the government of Ghana should ban this importation, as now it is not clothing, but waste that is being sent. They have no idea what's being sent to them. It's a lucky dip. The country has no system of dealing with this waste either. Nor the money to invest in recycling it. I just really believe countries are responsible for their own waste. You can not be exporting for $$$ and making it another countries problem. Disgraceful.
I cut my t shirts up and use them for rags for cleaning the car.
Lol same
Same here 😂👍
We do the same.
In my house we never throw away clothes falling apart. They're used as cleaning rags: old pajamas and old clothes that became clothes for work at home. I guess it's because I'm from a third world country. The only clothes that goes to waste when they get old are the underwear and fortunately that's mostly cotton.
I think people forget that America as a country is rich and powerful and has the resources to handle big problems, yet constantly neglects to do so, instead playing war games and taking advantage of countries that are still weak from unaddressed issues stemming from colonial pillaging and domination. America, and other wealthy countries, could provide training and equipment to help Ghanans dispose of our wish-cycling and trash. They deserve aid, not a dumpster with gems hidden inside. There's a serious matter of respect here .....
No country helps another country for free. There are always strings attached, a give and take. Stay strong and independent.
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Be careful about wishing for American or any other "foreign aid" its a loan that goes into the pockets of the rich, it usually means having to hire Western firms or an agreement to spend x amount of the money on western products and social welfare is what is always cut to pay it back, poor people don't benefit, rich do
Maybe just buy clothes from charity shops and look after the clothing you own already. Don't buy and throw away soon after.
Good idea, I start doing this.
This is charity shop rejects
Charity shops can be quiet wasteful. Just saying.
Who's shipping this stuff too them? Why don't they make rag-rugs. A land fill next to the sea? Really... who are they kidding? That's a sea fill. If we're going to do that better to landfill it here
Make it compulsory to play this video in every clothes store.
And every school room , home , boardroom and especially Amazon who are the most guilty of all for fostering the cheap , fast and disposable mentality around the globe . Tax the biggest offenders whilst the next generation are being educated about the cost of gross consumerism
and op shops
You sound stupid how is that supposed to work? “ hey welcome to Primark watch this video now buy clothes”
Existing gap between social classes is so apparent ever and growing day by day.
After watching this I am so glad that I only buy new clothes when the old ones are worn out.
More importantly buy mostly natural fabrics like cotton, silk, wool. Minimize wearing clothes of synthetic fabrics or totally avoid it
Clothes made of cotton and silk or other natural fabric are also more comfortable to wear. At least, in a country like India where summers are of longer duration. Wool is highly used since a long time in winters as well. Synthetic fabric is so damn uncomfortable. May be for me.
When my clothes reach their “half lives” I exchange it with a friend and it’s how sometimes we tend to wear new yet old clothes.
The clothes that are worn on weddings and festivals are also kinda one time wear but we must try to buy only those that can be worn at different occasions.
My mother and I wear each other’s clothes all the time. This gives us so much variety and options. I even sometimes wear my father’s sweaters.
@@prernasingh8133 Repurpose worn/ unusable clothes .. Nightwear, kitchen cloth, curtains, plenty options.All that's needed -- thought, intent & effort
@@altmosetz_01 true
@@altmosetz_01 how would that change anything. They'll keep making more and millions of other people will keep dumping them out for the latest fashion.
What will make a difference is
If the industries
Recycled any unused bought or thrown out goods like this.
There is one thing they can do. Stop bringing the clothes to Africa. Why do you let other countries to use your land as dump yard? If they created the waste, they should deal with it.
Because the people in first world countries would kick up a stink and stop sending foreign aid and so on
Because we don't want " unsightly " landfills and so on .
stop importing those clothes and import others? europeans didn't put those clothes at that beach...
West has been shipping their garbage & ewaste to certain Asian countries since several decades. West dumps their clothing waste in Africa. All this when it's mostly Western countries making noise on sustainability, climate change, etc. Hypocrisy to the extreme.
@@HOSPlTALLER If smbody wants smthing harmful, would you give it to them? Where is your education, thinking & conscience ? Its the Western countries that 1st raised concerns on environment & climate changes . And till date its Western countries dominating World forums & events on such issues . But in reality their actions say something else.
@@HOSPlTALLER No. People in Western countries thought it would be good to donate clothes to Africa since they didn't want to deal with the rubbish (some of those people might have thought it was the right thing to do)... Which might have been ok for the first million shirts, but after tens of millions they don't have enough people in the country to wear them all. Not only this, but the people that actually made clothes in these countries are now out of a job, because why pay someone to make you clothes when you can get already made clothes cheaper. So now their textile industry will be destroyed as well.
So saddening why legislators are doing nothing about these selfish companies. Smh
It's also sad that most of the clothes that get shipped off to third world countries, are suppose to be donations for the less fortunate, but they instead get taken by the local "governments" and sold instead of donated for free.
@@DobbysStinkySock I totally agree!
So much for Good Will.
Because our world is controlled by deep state which doesn't care about humanity and planet. Only money, its resources and power.
If people weren’t buying these clothes, the companies wouldn’t be making them. If governments overseas weren’t accepting money to take the clothes, the clothes would not be delivered to these other countries. If people in these countries did not buy the second clothes to resell them, there would be nothing the country could do with them. There is plenty of blame to spread around. First of all though, if people bought only natural fiber clothes, that’s what the companies would make. At least that would solve the synthetic disposal problem. They would be more expensive as well, causing people to buy fewer clothing articles in general Another issue helped. The power rests first of all with the people, not the companies. They are money hungry. They will make what people will buy.
That image of cattle on not a green hill but a hill of used garments is bleak.
@@HOSPlTALLER I assure you that they don't feel comfortable on the inside when they're dying as a result of a toxic environment.
@@KM41867 I know I feel really sorry for the animals but we live in a messed up world 🐄♥️
Polyester is grim. Makes you sweat and feels terrible. Stick to cotton and ensure you donate to charity once finished with it.
Fun fact: 90% of clothes donated to charity are thrown away immediantly
Read labels, understand fabrics & buy mostly natural fabrics like cotton, Wool, silk. Minimize use of synthetic fabrics in every aspect of your life. Do your bit for the environment.
Leave the talking to political leaders & activists. Anyways, that's all they seem to do best -- speak abt pollution, environment concerns & climate change while ground reality is something else
I'm from UK My mum had a room clear out and when I looked in the bin bag I could not believe what she was about to throw out seriously lol 🤯 all the vintage clothes she was throwing out belonging to my dad There was 80s 90s 😳 early 2000 clothes So I had to save them and will wear them I like early vintage clothes If it look right I think the 80s and 90s clothes are good quality / single stitche They were well made 80s 90s jumpers or a shirt or t-shirt with a pair of modern skinny jean with a pair of timbes look 💯🔥and no one else has it That's my winter clothes sorted and next summer 🔥🔥🔥
You did well.
I collect unwanted old clothes from home to home please if you are wanting a collection can I be considered to collect too
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Kwiiin 🍃 👸
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check clothing labels if it's of 100% sustainability (i.e cotton, linen, hemp, wool) then buy, think "🐾🗺️" ♡
Sadly sustainability is too expensive for the average consumer, and that is also the main reason why people opt for that fast-cheap clothes. Sustainability used to be affordable, when I was younger everybody wore 100% cotton and jeans were thick, they were all real clothes made to last. With the terrible incomes and people being brainwashed by marketing, it's no wonder they go to H&M, GinaTricot, Shein... when H&M introduced its new sustainable line I wanted to puke at the prices!. It was ridiculous.
I recommend anyone looking for wool to buy second hand and thrift shops.
The material you mentioned , aren't affordable.
Cotton or linen, the prices are out of reach.
@@amnahaque9058 where im from (Ireland) it is relevantly cheaper, sorry i didn't realise what the overseas price were. it's unfair x
That's the problem with fast fashion. You buy an item cause its "trendy" by the time you wear it another trend arrives. Then the cycle repeats.
Agreed and that problem stems from people in the states losing hope for any real meaning in their lives.
No, the problem is gluttony.
@@planetvegan7843 what has eating habits got to do with trendy clothing?
I just buy when I need it and base it on my own personal tastes .
A lot of fashionable clothing is ugly anyway .
@@BuddhaOfDarkness Who said anything about eating habits?
When I was a kid my grandmother taught me how to make rugs from strips of old clothing.
@@HOSPlTALLER wth is wrong with you?
I want to stop this damages of fast fashion, so i started with a second hand boutique based in Bucharest. I teach all my clients not to buy mass market fashion anymore and to recycle/upcycle their wardrobes.
The second and more ambitious project that i want to build is a textiles recycling spot, where people can go with the clothes that they don't want/need and receive some money for it.
The power of exemple works and is necessary from each of us.
Buy smart, conscious & recycle how much is possible.
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It starts with the consumers, we need to get a grip and stop buying, nobody's looking at you, just wear the same things more😏
Clothing quality has definitely deteriorated in the last ten years. The styling is really good but after wearing two or three times they start to look saggy. I’ve become more careful about what I buy because I hate buying this rubbish.
Without more information such as how old/level of usage of the clothes when they arrived, it is impossible to determine the best course of action. There needs to be some kind of metric to decide whether a piece of clothing is fit for reselling, second hand usage or disposal. Proper sorting by colour and material is needed but that is extremely labour intensive. Countries with successful recycling processes are invariably going to rely on compliance of the population to do a lot of the menial work and for discipline of not just throwing all the waste clothing into one big pile.
Or just build good incinerators and generate electricity. We really need some good incinerators.
It tells us a lot on quality degrade of clothing used in first world / rich countries if people dependent on second hand items are commenting on the quality and are unhappy with what is being sent !
First World clothes and products are always low quality so it can break and the consumer will buy new ones.
People would buy less but higher quality clothes. Reduces waste, feels better, more stylish and lasts much longer
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I dont buy clothes unless lm going out to the club or something. I wear the same t shirts for years not because l cant afford it but because fashion changes so much.
Same i use the same clothes also. I only buy if there are Events, or in some similar occasions
So... The people buying second-hand clothes for next to nothing are complaining that we're not giving them nicer clothes? 🙄
Was looking for this exact comment. Asking for handouts then complaining about them. I'm finding it hard to feel sympathy in this. How can you possibly moan about the branding of a hand me down? Unbelievable
Because people donate t shirts with holes in them or stains . Basically clothes for the scrap heap and not worth having
Would you wear a t shirt with a big hole in it ? Thought not
@@hannahdyson7129 No I wouldn't wear a t-shirt with a massive hole... But I also don't ask for hand-outs. I pay full price for my clothes.
@@roklobsta1986 those bales of cloths aren’t free. They are sold for an average cost of $150. But the buyers don’t know the state of the clothes in them. They only know if they are shirts, skirts etc. So their complain is that, the quality of the clothes in the bales they buy have decreased over the years. This means that many will be dumped. The people scrambling for the cloths in the video are trying to select what they can sell to people. I know because I’m a Ghanaian. Thank you.
And here I'm wearing a lined jacket I made 40yrs ago - talk about vintage ! LOL !
Me buying abt 2 pieces clothes once in a year or more & having only 1 bedsheet 🙄😂
This is why I stopped buying fast fashion and shopping in certain places. 5 years ago I decided to have a classic wardrobe that I am able to wear year in year out, which is what men used to do before the 1970s. I consider items that I need and pick quality fabric that is not man made and will last, it’s about quality not quantity. I also buy lots from eBay sellers to give new life into vintage garments.
I also look after the items I have and rotate them in seasons so they don’t wear out., and also consider whether every item you wear needs washed after every single wear as too much washing breaks down fibres.
I remember that as a child, that was our shopping mall
The blame doesn’t always sit entirely on western shoulders. The African government’s should provide permits only to those who dispose of the wastage properly. Yes we need to make the manufacturing companies except responsibility, but so do the government’s receiving these charitable goods, or don’t receive them .
It's so funny how before this video I was able to see the ad of clothing only really it is so funny 😅
I'm so proud of myself for not buying clothes regulary
Omg we gotta stop shipping stuff there until theres a plan for those landfills!
Same in South Africa.
Some of these people do not have clean water and food, BUT are worried about fashion name brands in clothing!!! Even in the poor countries priorities are LOST!!!!!!!!
they were looking for what could be re-sold, so they could earn money
Is that not Bolton market?
Very insightful!
true lol
@@Red-32 scary stuff isn't it, the aftermath of all those materialistic choices! I donate lots to homeless when I'm done, but I bet a bunch has probably landed here too!
Interesting !
We need to promote recycling of clothes too
I used to buy clothes there but because of the work i do so i don't have time to go but some of the sellers carries the clothes around..
THEY HAVENT HEARD OF RECYCLING OR MAKE A DEMAND FOR THE UNWANTED CLOTHES FOR FUEL OR SOMETHING USEFUL
@@HOSPlTALLER rag rugs, baskets, shopping bags…
The clothes aren't us3full for fuel . And they don't have the capacity for recycling
@@HOSPlTALLER We force them to take our shit
Because we are selfish
Maybe a recycling fee of $1.00-$5.00 should be included in the price of the clothing. Fines for waste of new unused clothing , I would think that would help.
the vast majority of my clothes i buy from charity shops, and when getting rid of clothing, i either take it to a charity shop or literally hand it to a homeless person in person. i cannot wear polyester and similar man made fabrics because i suffer from eczema. oxfam and marks and spencers did this deal where if you gave oxfam charity shops clothes that you had originaly bought from marks and spencers, then oxfam would give you a money off voucher for when you puchased new clothes from marks and spencers, charity shops should do more of this sort of thing, but the money off voucher should be for buying clothes from the charity shops themselves, not for buying brand new clothes from high street store fashion companies. some people put their unwanted clothing in the bin along with the regular household refuse, shocking when so many charities put empty bin bags through the front door and come round to collect their own bags if they contain items.
It's nice to know all our charity work over the years has came to great use
I used to buy wool jumper's from charity shops but rarely see them anymore they are full with rubbish man made fibre clothes. I have put old clothing in recycling container's but if they are being dumped into the sea I might as well put them in the normal dustbin.I give up!
Same
I don't shop a lot and don't know a lot of name brands. What stores/brands constitutes as "fast fashion" or low quality clothes?
Depends on where you live. Primark is definetly one store that sells cheap clothing based on the current fashion trends.
The only thing that allows me to sleep well at night is the optimism that one day this mound of waste will be put to use
How can I get in touch with your reporter? Will love to get some inputs into a paper am working on
People should know that you can make rag rugs out of anything.
why a dumping ground near the sea.
I was wearing,washed,used my Levi's for 10 years....Nice old time...
Why is there land fill next to the sea.
Same here in the philippines
This isn't good, there's clothes for everyone but people still snatching them
because they're not GoOd QuAliTy
Stop manufacturing more. Tell fashion industry that. We could do more innovation in technology than clothes
It's the same in Kenya
in some asian countries they strip the clothes to threads and weave into cloth . locals dont have the know how..
Now that I see this, I am going to donate my oversized or undersized clothes to family or friends and not to places where they collect used clothes. I'll throw them away.
On the other hand with a little imagination, some of these clothes can be recycled into quilts and many other things. At the price the clothes cost, do they think I'll send clothes that I can't even afford?
This a big shame .Wonder why they never Show the good part of Afrika.
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Please don't donate clothes that are not in a good condition. Instead, look for a place that specialises in recycling synthetic textile, there are companies that recycle polyester to make new items, you only have to look for them.
Merch selling on RUclips, fashion clothes obsession is EVERYWHERE
Giving clothes, shoes, etc is the worst way to suffocate any entrepreneur in these countries.
Totally agree. Creating a culture of donations & high dependency on hand me downs in almost
every aspect of life . For locals it's a shortcut . Why make effort ?
It is a way for huge companies to get rid of their waste for free. Disgusting.
Africa and its leaders rise up! This continent is blessed with so much that can sustain its inhabitants but because of bad leadership and mismanagement we give our precious resources away they enjoy them and send us their unwanted stuff! Why should this not bother anyone 🤔 it's so so sad!
Pretty sad, I feel a hole in my heart.
Producing and using clothes of low quality it's a really big problem today.Majority of China's factories produce them.People in China,America and Europe reselling these items for their business and don't really give two tosses about future and environment,they just put responsability on countries like Ghana.I think, we need to care more about nature.
Shocking
Yesterday i was worried about this only ... where do our old clothes and small plastic beads on them go ( they go to sea disgusting!!)
I still class shirts I bought in 2018 as new 😂 I have a coat that's 14 years old (I'm 30 now) another one that's 10 years old and just had repaired with a new zip and a bit of stitching and will last me another 10 years
Don't let fashion own you
To see London in this state is upsetting
I think i saw my shirt in this video!
I am glad that I haven't fallen for fast fashion trends. Its dumb to get clothes that you wear a few times and then toss because they are out of style
Their beach sand is nice but sad to say just nearby is the garbage landfill.
Here is yet another example
At least the BBC has made an effort to recognize the problem and are publishing it.
Even the highstreet brands with their viscose and polyester stuff aren't cheap.
Viscose is a shitty material.
Once you wash it , it loses the look.
Polyester seems to last, that too if washed at right temperatures.
This is sad, this is clothes people have gifted to charity shops little did you know its sole to Africa
Why order second hand goods in first place?
Why are the scrap clothes not tured into household insulation!
For inside walls & roof????
You don’t need insulation in the tropics. African buildings don’t have inside wall. It doesn’t snow there…
@@kwektans I'm not talking about AFRICA I'm talking about uk & Europe & USA etc
All those charity bags , that you think your doing the righ thing filling
It hurts my sole to think that people just waste clothes. I try first to shop at charity or 2nd hand online. Especially for kids then I cut them into rags once grown out of and use the rags in the kitchen.
You sole or your soul?
Ban plastic fashion.
Protective wear is the only place it should be in the clothing industry.
Most people: I have nothing to wear
Voice should be raised in youth population against their fashion trends
Why don't they make quilts and backrest like things outta it?
Can be turn into pieces and doll fills , seats and a lot more can be made outta it.
Guess Africano never heard of the profession seamstress or craftswoman / man, those people just seem to be looking for fast money and could not be bothered to patch a hole or two. At the same time kids and teenagers in that very country sometimes don't have a shirt to wear.
Most of the materials aren't suitable for that
@@hannahdyson7129 I'm not talking about leather or so. A machine makes every cloth into v fine pieces that are reused for the fills( economical seats, dolls, quilts, mattresses, bags, etc)
150 million articles of clothing every week..... undeniably, this is far too much to simply make into "backrest like things". Every part of this process takes incredible amounts of labor (ie. shipping, communications, sorting, landfill runs)
it's very rude and honestly you look dumb for suggesting people use fast fashion trash to make quilts. Preparing fabric for this requires careful selection, sorting, and then labor, and then actually being able to sell it. All that usually isn't worth it if the quality of fabric coming in is, as reported, "falling apart". I'll add that polyester fabric is structurally unreliable and very uncomfortable, especially in hot climates.
@@grassgeese3916 im not talking about whole lot , let it be only 1% that is reused. Still 1% won't go into the landfill trash.
We have machines that turn almost every fabric into smaller bits. And it's the responsibility of the sender who ship so much (including not to be used garments) to these people.
Let's hope for the best
Capitalism should end . If not it would end us all. Meanwhile we all can just watch the world burn 🥵🥵.
Godspeed every one
@Stick it where the sun dont shine
Capitalism on STEROIDS 🔥🔥
Less capitalism and more humankind being humankind. This is just how we are as a species when we are in these situations of having too much, or having too little. Unfortunatly it's the greedy few that will always prosper because they have studied.
And here i am, wearing the same jersey from highschool more than 10 years ago, thinking it actually saves our planet
Good for you. If everybody did this then there would be much less waste.
Im sure this is from a documentary i watched bout a year ago wtf !
Surreal to know that unwanted, dirty clothes are sent to poor people and...sold!!!! Sickening to know how low a person can go to make money for themselves!!!
Well... shipping isn't for free. Fuel costs. But I get that since they are charity they are supposed to give it for free
20 years ago I used to live in Pakistan and bought my clothes 2nd hand shipped from abroad , they dumped the unsellable the same way. This makes news now.
Lol, you talking about landa bazaar 😁
Some people do be like send that to charity knowing for well nobody is ever going to wear that
at first i thought it was india
This fashion industry and sports branding has a hell of a lot to blame for his……
After all when sports teams change the kits every season due to different sponsors or have 3 or 4 different kits for home and away games more clothing is only going to end up here
What does this have to do with fashion? I think you mean the junk industry.
@@planetvegan7843 it has a lot to do with fashion as most fashion dictates trends and one once fashion trend has finished something else takes over and so on and so and people will then get the new trends and not wear the old one anymore
Its consumerism. Fashion has nothing to do with it.
We should all go back to wearing rags for inside the home and one outfit for going out because that landfill is just one of many around the word
Literally how I had to live for the past few years due to infestation.
And lack of money.
I have a few new items now.
I'm not the type to throw clothes away. I have a hoarder problem with them. I think I've thrown out maybe 2 amounts for damage in all my life. But my support have thrown out a lot. Mostly due to infestation. I never buy too much anyway. I wear all I have. I may add items on once in a blue moon. And I only shop for items I need or to spurce up how I feel. Those are rare too.
I was feeling guilty watching this. But then it dawned on me I literally have 3 jumpers. 2 tops. 1 skirt 1 shorts. N 3 thick n 3 light tights. N 2 shoes 1 for indoors n 1 for outdoors. N 2 cardi n 2 jackets. N 2 nighties 1 for lounging n 1 for bed.
Guilt is gone now
I feel bad though how the rich are dumping the problem on the poorest n making it look like helping them. Helping greem would b if they went down and collected the remaining discarded garments a s then disposed of them effectively ie recycle.
That cow is cool 😅
Anyway, easy solution. Tax clothing company by piece, not by price.😉
Do not ask to bring it and you wont have waste