U.S. exports of used clothing creating waste nightmare
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2021
- Over one and half billion pounds of used clothing are exported from America each year and some of it ends up in Ghana. CBS Foriegn Correspondent Debora Patta follows that clothing to Accra's Kantamanto Market where much is upcycled and resold, but as more clothing arrives than the country can handle, Patta sees how an estimated 40% ends up rotting in landfills creating an environmental disaster.
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How about you news anchors, influencers and celebrities start repeating clothes!
Gayle and Tony def repeat clothes and suits in this program. I know because I notice as I have a good visual memory.
Idk about those young influencers then
they di not but fast fashion, they buy expensive clothes
Yes! Only rich ppl switch out theirs clothes. So she is basically reporting on her and her rich friend celeberties
@@NaturallyGifted77 Not true. Fast fashion retailers used by everyday people like Forever 21 and H&M are causing these issues more than the rich.
They aren’t contributing to fast fashion m’lady
Who wears something just 7 times before discarding it? It would be a full time job shopping for clothing.
How about celebrities only wear them once they don't be seen in public wearing the same outfit twice that's one reason I love Tiffany haddish because she wore that white dress four or five times she said she spent too much money to wear it once
Yeah I think they aren't thinking of average people. Most of my t-shirts are 3-5 years old. I wear them monthly if not more often.
@@Kelly-nt2rq I have 20+ year old t-shirts and a few sweatshirts that I still wear.
@@jo-vf8jx I had some older ones like that but then I got too fat. 😕
@@jo-vf8jx Same here. One of my shirts is from 1992.
The only things I buy new are underwear and bras. I always buy second hand, wear them until they're worn out and cut them up for rags at that point. I HATE waste!!
We're lucky torn up clothes became fashionable
There are services which will tatter up your shirts & jeans for a fee. & they sell clothing in that condition too.
clothes is the only thing I don't buy second hand, but I rarely toss them away. Normally I wear them til the end of life. When they are torn I save them for rags for house cleaning. I do donate only my nice good quality clothes that no longer fit. Things like in-house slippers are typically worn 15+ years. Being frugal is a good virtue.
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Had no idea where it ended up. Shocking and saddening!
A lot we not told when we try donate till news get word of it then we find out how much is really given to anyone close to home and how rest is sent away for any reason .
It used to occur more in Asia (more so with plastic). Then they started refusing it for the same reason. Actually even in America charitable organizations are begging people to donate ONLY usable clothing. They're also getting so much junk it's costing them as they have to pay to dispose it.
People need to buy less clothes and stop donating junk
Guess not many know of the wear and tear routine. wear till can wear no more or toss if start get holes in areas and done. or even donate if still wearable or useable and not just junk. if got junk toss and dont try donate cause if u take and they check they wont take maybe so gotta drop off when u can in bins any so not worry it checkd anytime.
Watch documentary: fast fashion…
You’ll be floored!
@@romanizaboss6641 Will look for it. Thank you.
We need to keep our garbage in our country, I personally will be more mindful from now on
You do realize our country was "full" when it comes to garbage back in the early 2000's?
Uh oh wait till you hear how awful sending our recycling to poor countries is. Spoiler alert, it's bad. Why do you think China stopped taking it. It was making the workers very sick and well they don't care about workers but they do care when footing the hospital bills. Omg I probably shouldn't even mention the batteries for electric cars. Well all that material comes from Africa. Yep you guessed it massive death and destruction to retrieve that stuff to make the batteries.
@Chill Will well real leftists know that life is hard in parts of America and even harder in other countries. Real leftists understand we need global solidarity with the working class around the world, and NOT turn a blind eye to these problems. I try and keep clothes I've bought for at least a year, unless they've worn out like socks or underwear. We need to mend what we wear otherwise.
These poor people are making money with the things we give them. No, it's not a glamor job... but if they had better options available to them, they would take those options. Before you take away someone's livelihood and force them into even worse stations, please reconsider.
My husband and I live by the mindset “Quality over quantity “!
Probably why he married you. Congrats and thanks for not being part of the wastefulness on the planet.
So you still have the clothes you wore back in the late 90's?
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Wow. This is why I wear clothes for years before discarding. The footage is unbelievable. 🎥 💯
I have caused holes to form in clothes i woren and try wear and fix to end then toss any lol. wear and tear til end unless any i not care wear no more then try give to any who need any.
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You think this is bad? You should watch the documentaries about where all of the plastic that is "recycled" goes.
What an eye opening report. I usually buy second hand clothes. What a shame that the United States is so wasteful. We all need to stop destroying our planet and resources.
So much is hidden from us and if we knew we would not do what they want us to do.
@@maryinnes8473 The ordinary citizens get blamed for things we don't even know is happening. It's these companies that look for cheap and/or profitable ways of doing business and dealing with waste that messes us to tenfold but we get blamed for it.
I wouldn't say wasteful but anything and everything has a purpose to be recycled and modified. Those persons that disgusted their worn out clothing candy be processed into a better item. Governments must look at industries for recycling and modifications
99% of my clothes are second- or third-hand.
I still wear clothes I’ve had for the last 10+ years. The ones that have holes in them get turned into rags
i got a mix of second hand and store gots from past trips so once it woren out or cant wear then tossed it goes unless try donate for any reason and u hope it goes to those who need it anytime. to see top of people wearing mask i guess makers made too many so try donate so anyone can wear and take a loss i guess.
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@@brbjk.m.846 lol
Used clothing should be free, readily available and even distributed among the people of the country they came from, first.
We have a free thrift store in Oakhurst CA. People can shop once every 30 days. Pillows and bedding can be gotten every 60 days. Plus food boxes and pet food every 60 days.
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Good point. We donate with good intentions, but they turn around and sell our donations. We do have to conduct research in our own community to make sure our donated items are given to those in need, not sold for profit.
@@vespermartini2556 You can't give something with strings attached. How do you ensure that the clothing you donated will be worn by the receiver, but instead they receive it for free and sell it online, etc.?
@@vespermartini2556 Excellent point...the very point of this video.
It’s the same situation with all our recycling products we send over across seas as well. The US just needs to stop sending in their trash around the world and deal with it in its own, show their people to not be wasteful and recycle they’re own plastics and unwanted clothes
@Chill Will no one’s forcing the US to buy the stuffs they’re making at a high consumption rate especially “the fast fashion clothing” that is being bought by Americans so often. It is our problem at the end of the day we either need to not buy so much crap from other countries or learn how to reuse and recycle what we already have
Watch videos on where your plastic waste goes to see how little of it is recycled.
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Well if they buying it might as well. Oh wait Nevermind oh well
How can the population of the world allow such an atrocity? We're literally funding the Earth's mismanagement.
OMG THIS IS MINDBLOWING!!! I live next to the beach, there’s trash here and there but she’s literally picking up fabric from the sand?! 😳
I saw those waste dumps when I was in Ghana a few years ago and I was appalled! That is why I have since reduced my consumption and now give clothes directly to people I know will use them. I even pay money to ship it to friends and family wherever they are. It's more expensive for me to do that, but it's better than donating it so it. Donating simply removes it from our spaces, but becomes someone else's problem.
So, we all need to do our part by reducing consumption, buying second hand (and only when needed), and giving directly to those who use them.
Thanks for sharing - Awesome idea to donate directly to those who can use them.
Americans should be ashamed of all the waste being sent to poor countries.
@The Crusader that does not change the fact that the US does just as much as well. This person was addressing the US not China. The US knows better yet they do it anyways.
The vast majority of Americans that donate clothes think they are helping someone. Not Ghana but people in the US. If our government is shipping these clothes out why? We have people here that can use them
We are not the only country... Long documentaries out there on Germany and England... All part of the problem; all can be part of the solution. We all add a piece of the problem, so we all can be more mindful and adjust our habits. It adds up, both bad and good.❤️
Foreign countries need to stop accepting this!
My clothes get worn out before they get thrown away.
Shoes-primarily leather
Other-almost entirely cotton
I buy second hand...and when I don't, I typically end up keeping those items for years upon years. I have sweaters and jeans in my closet that are over 10years old. Others, I give to my daughter or my niece who then keep them for a few more years after that!! Cloths are expensive man. I couldn't imagine buying a $20 shirt just to wear it once or twice and then throw it away, I couldn't even do that with a $5 dollar shirt!! What a waste.
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I wear a pair of jeans very frequently that are over 30 years old. I bought them at Salvation Army
I buy very little new
I got so much from different sources that i wear and tear clothes till can wear no more for any reason then just toss but otehr stuff not see wear again for any reason u try donate and hope it goes to anyone who need clothes. some stuff wish still had but was any reason to get rid of at time. but now i do try wear and tear any i got or by chance give as gift maybe later if peeps like what i try give at time. but i got plenty i not gotta get any any more for years unless reason to buy stuff at time.
It's the people who act as if spending $20 is a lot let alone $5 that expose themselves for being the EXACT kind of people that take part in this fast fashion baloney. Otherwise, you would've realized how ridiculous you sound saying you hurt to buy $5 and even $20 shirts. All clothes these days are worth more than $20 especially VINTAGE/Second hand. So it goes to show you actually have 0 idea what you're talking about, you do not ever buy "secondhand" and you are probably one of the main offenders of this "fast fashion" debacle. I actually buy secondhand clothes that have been around for years, and let me tell you they are EXPENSIVE, because they're QUALITY you idiot. They last YEARS because they are GOOD QUALITY, therefore people will charge more, simple logic. Except for the fact that you've never bought a single secondhand item in your life, so you wouldn't even know something as basic as that. So embarrassing how people like you feel the need to lie in RUclips comment sections because deep down in your heart you know, that you are one of the WORST OFFENDERS when it comes to this "fast fashion" bs. What an absolute embarrassment.
Who sends the clothes there in the first place? Not the consumer? Who makes all these clothes? Then tells us we’re out of style and we need new ones? There’s the problem.
The president of Ghana is a brilliant man and fighter in the interest of his country. The country should either stop accepting used garments or limit how much they accept
Do you where these brands import the manufactured clothes from..?
India and Bangladesh. You should come visit the cities in India. The dyeing units/textile manufacturing companies here are corrupt as the brands itself and pollute the water bodies and the natural ecosystem here. Tirupur is a textile hub that is near the western ghats and has ruined the natural ecosystem due to these corrupt dyeing industries that supply the goods to the customer brands across the Atlantic. India and Ghana should sue US government and the fashion brands For pollution, natural ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss and the associated loss of quality of life.
If he’s so brilliant why is he accepting the clothes? This makes no sense.
Burn them!!!
@@katemiller7874 That's my point. Why is he? Likely he is unaware. Or there is some domestic pressure to continue doing it
@@kavinanil7406 It's not just the US importing the goods that ruin the ecosystem. It's countries around the world. But also, the Indian government has sold it's ecosystem to polluters for profit. That's not right. They can choose to not export or manufacture those items. That's probably the best idea.
7 times!?! I wear almost everything until it practically falls off my body.
I’m confused. Are the donations of clothing we give to charity being sold to low income people or shipped out? Is the Salvation Army and opportunity house dumping donations?!?
Good question, I would like to know that answer.
I've watched several documentaries on this. In one instance they interviewed charity organizations in Germany and France and the people in charge both said they are overwhelmed with donations so much that they don't have space for them. Added to this is the lack manpower to sort and redistribute these clothes. One lady even said, it would be better if people just gave money instead of the clothing. At the end of the day, the charity organizations are forced to sell the clothes in order to stop paying for storage. Unfortunately, these days with fast fashion, these organizations make more money selling your clothing donations than they do from other means such that they are not willing to solve the problem that makes them money.
@@lilymemoriesrice So true. I've heard that that in the aftermath of disasters where people start shipping donations to victims, aid agencies refer to that as the "2nd disaster"
Do people still use donation services as a trash 🗑️?
@@fishglowinthedark5769 basically, yes. In my county, a trip to the waste management facility costs you a minimum of $20. But, the local salvation army, goodwill or others are free. Most of the stuff should just go to the incinerator.
Stop buying so many clothes you fools!
I’m 40 and I have clothes from high school and have only bought clothes at goodwill… I still have way too many clothes .
Every time I take a trip home to Thailand I bring suitcases full of clothes that I wear and then donate at the end of my trip. It clears up space in my suitcase for souvenirs! Win, win!
You're resourceful like me. I used to take regular trips to South America. I would pack clothes/footwear from items I might be ready to get rid of, or I'd buy second hand for the trip and if during the trip someone complimented me on a piece or if I could see that they needed clothing for themselves or family, I would ask if they wanted the item. I was never turned down. The other wisdom of buying thrift store clothes for an international trip - if your luggage gets "lost" or stolen, you are not out the cost of your favorite or expensive pieces. Then as you said, more room for souvenirs. Sometimes if I took two suitcases, I'd make sure that one was smaller than the other so I could pack one inside the other, saving on baggage fees upon my return. Also, I started buying used suitcases from thrift shops. I could then also donate my suitcase as often there are not good quality luggage where I used to travel. Peace!
Mean while I still have some cloths for the 80's. I buy expensive this way I know it will last.
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I flip used clothing in my eBay store. You can also lower your carbon footprint by NOT buying new!
That clothing waste also comes from companies who use the donation system as a free waste service for back stock.
Guess now I can feel good about wearing everything till it’s full of holes.
Likewise! Just wear them when you stay at home! Keep your nice clothes nice by changing when you get home from your nicest clothes into your ones that are on the way out, and try to stick with natural fabrics that can degrade naturally instead of causing those fumes.
@@geekdivaherself That's what I do! As soon as I get home I change into my home clothes, they're full of holes and I've worn them at least for 5 yrs and longer. I look terrible but they're so comfortable.
🤭 oh my goodness, how sad 😔 is this. This is just heartbreaking 💔. I’m glad they are bringing this to light so we can do better and help our planet.
If you think this is bad, then watch videos of what happens to all the cheap crap that doesn't sell in cheap crap stores. Tons of new cheap crap goes straight to landfills.
I cant wait to see what they do with all those hideous clothes from the Gala. Can you do a follow up to see what celebrities do with their one time use clothing? You know tax the rich, hold them accountable.
Please stop pointing fingers at the rich. Wealthy people don't waste their money, that's why they are wealthy. These celebrities often receive the clothing for free to promote it, have it on loan or they rent outfits. Most of the clothing shipped to Ghana are the result of everyday peoples' poor fashion choices and spending decisions. Idiots buy message graphic t-shirts, realize they look like an idiot for wearing it, then toss it.
@@riproar11 every one knows no one will wear that garbage they wear or promote. All the garbage on the runways? They wear one time. Maybe if the rich stopped producing a bunch of garbage no one needs then there wouldn't be so much waste. Fast fashion are cheaply made articles that get shipped and can't be re purposed because it's so cheap and these companies regurgitate for a profit. Yet the rich don't pay taxes and have all these right offs where the little people buying their garbage pay all the taxes. Passing responsibility to the little people is bad for everyone. Example Coca-Cola used to use glass bottles that we could recycle and use again and again. Instead of proper responsibility they pass the responsibility to the consumer so they can make profit. Wages haven't gone up for 40 years. Middle classes are being dissolved, while only the minimum wage will go up. My husband gets paid the same wage my dad recieved for the same position. Corporations have human rights and they're not people. If the people hold all the responsibility Corporations
Shouldn't be exempt.
@@riproar11 not to mention all the rich people I mentioned about who attended the gala are rich!! Why don't you tell your senators to stop pointing fingers? Because they are the ones coming after you. Yet you all want to blame the poor people right? Us cockroaches ruining the world that corporations rule?? Are you upset were breathing your air too?? It's the corporations who spend billions to advertise so people blow their paychecks on garbage so we never get any wealth. While funneling it all to you. The rich. Only a rich person defends the rich.
@@noneyabusiness33 I'm not wealthy and am working this Sat and Sun because I want the overtime. This is a discussion about the used clothing waste. You can clearly see that it is mostly cheap unfashionable stuff and not rich peoples' clothing. I defend wealthy people because I know a few and know that they pay a lot of their income in taxes. They pay the majority of the taxes to keep the country running and so do corporations. Most peoples' jobs are the result of someone wealthy. Companies will continue to produce the cheap garbage as long as there are buyers.
@@riproar11 yeah and they pump out garbage because people can't afford expensive stuff. Working over time shouldn't be necessary if the rich paid reasonable wages. But they get rich off the hard work of others. The clothing discussion should shed light onto the 99% of the world who have no other choices. Wearing expensive items to make people envious and working overtime to try to keep up. Keeping them in the cycle of consumerism. How can you defend the wealthy when they don't make anything better? The governments want to tax the rich not to help people but to fund their wars and launder the money to themselves. The people don't see it in the form of paychecks which is why they keep trying to increase the minimal wage because on their own the rich don't care about their employees just the money they can make off the labor of others.
Fast fashion is trash fashion. You don't even need as good a reason as this to not support the industry. I have a small wardrobe and wear things till they no longer fit or start developing holes. I also try to avoid plastic clothes (nylon, polyester, etc.) in favor of wool, linen, cotton, silk, leather, etc.
You can still fix the holes. You can embroidery over it or do patch work. Even after that, you can repurpose it. Any clothing item I buy only retires taking many roles and finally becomes a cleaning rag
I’ve started to make my own clothes (my pandemic hobby). I make everything with natural fibres and it’s much easier to find out the provenance of whole fabrics than clothes (so you can get more info on origin, manufacturing processes and dyes). I get the exact style and fit I want in the exact colour I want, and since I’m responsible for quality, I make my stuff durable. And it’s kind of self-limiting. A garment can take several hours to pattern, cut, and sew so I can’t exactly go on a spree. Obviously not everyone has the resources to make their own clothes (although I picked up my sewing machine for less than £100, I realise that is way too expensive for a lot of people), but a lot more could be doing it themselves, or buying custom clothes on say Etsy, which is full of independent makers (obviously more expensive than going to a shop but then you end up with something made to your measurements that actually fits). Buying secondhand is obviously also good, but is not for everyone as the size selection usually isn’t inclusive (whenever I’ve tried to thrift clothes I usually walk away empty handed in frustration).
The brands that make these clothing should take responsibility for recycling/ properly disposing them…..
So if they don't need the excess of clothing, why are we sending it there? That makes zero sense but makes perfect sense on how our government runs. I wonder if it's 3rd or 4th party sellers involved.
This is NOT government sponsored. These are 3rd party resellers, to pay for the shipping costs. After several levels of reselling, the original intent is lost, and it becomes another business....
It’s a long standing model. In ‘the west’ we purchase twice as much clothing as a decade ago (per person, so this has nothing to do with population increases), and it tends to be much lower quality because of fast fashion. The markets in Ghana (and other places) for decades have purchased bundles of used clothing and then resell it locally. It used to be win-win as there was far less waste, a better product, and more profit. Now it is clearly becoming an untenable model.
I’m a bit more worried about the weapons we are giving away
You mean like in the 80's under Reagan?
I’ve always been fascinated by how beautifully these people dress in such a poor country. Now I know why…
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What about all the good stuff companies throw in the dumpster.
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Dead white man’s clothes! Wouldn’t it be possible to recycle the items into other usable (non-clothing) items?
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@@xjarheadjohnson absolutely. I always try to repurpose before recycling, but that’s just me.
Oh, Paolo... where do you think American recycled materials end up? Yup, you guessed it! Africa! They've already had to create ways to reuse that junk in very ingenious ways. Americans are terribly misinformed about recycling-- very misled.
Denim is recycled into insulation. Lots of stores will take your old jeans and give you a coupon and free to ship through zapos if you dont live near one of those drop-off locations.
I hardly ever buy new clothes, shopping for them is too much of a hassle and I would rather have quality clothes last years upon years, than these garbage fast fashion garments that fall apart in a month
This news report fails to tell us what companies are shipping these clothes to Ghana. Poor reporting.
That’s what I thought. If America is doing this like they say we think we are donating and helping these people and they are tossing them on the beach makes zero sense.
How ironic that a clothing ad followed this editorial piece.
Does anyone else get annoyed at the conversations they have after the stories?......or is it just me?
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@@Meli-bn3wf what chu talkin bout Willis....lol
Its definitely you.
As a hoarder of clothes, this makes me feel better about keeping clothes for years and years. It’s hard for me to let go of clothing.
Hoarding only hurts you and your loved ones who have to deal with it while you are alive and when you pass. If you are interested in selling you clothes, mecari is an excellent option.
Same here. I have a walk in closet and wore very classic pieces when I was in college from Banana Republic and Nordstrom. I lost weight during the pandemic and now can fit into my old clothes. I’ve started using them again even though they are 10 years old. I’m thinking of cutting back on shopping for clothes new and used so I can just use what I already have.
I love how we thought we could just consume consume and it would just disappear
This is insane
I love the hypocrisy of news anchors: “Omg look at America, doing bad things. Americans should stop doing that!”
News anchors later: *do absolutely nothing different in their own lives and further contribute to the problem*
I’ve had the same pair of $200 jeans for 10 years, but have had many pairs for $30-50 jeans tear or fray over the years.
If you buy high quality, you don’t throw stuff away!
Sometimes high price doesn't equate to good quality. In the place where I went to college, we used to get all the clothing by window shopping and they would sell clothes with some minor imperfections from manufacturing for a much lower price. It's almost 10 years and I still use most of them
I feel that thrift stores also have a responsibility on recycling of clothes too. It is repulsive to see. I am sure it will be a matter of time before the clothes will be dumped in the ocean or space. Ugh.
I still had clothing from 15 years ago and even kept things from my parents from the 80's that are still in my closet.
If clothes were made out of durable fabric for a reasonable price, people would keep them longer, but now everything is see-through and thin. I got a skirt I'm considering replacing because it melted when i tried to iron it. I had no idea it was plastic. 😔
Wow! From now I will never buy any new shirts! Only Goodwill clothes.
That's shocking!
I dont use the same short 7 times and get rid of it. I finally get rid of it when its no good and has holes. I reuse my cloth as much as possible. I probably shop for cloths once or twice an year at most (Unless I need some for a certain scenario).
Just send it where we don't have to look at it. H&M was a recycling place for old clothing ( they stopped during covid and haven't started up again) and I always wonder where that stuff ends up. WE feel good, think we are doing good, and in the end, it's a disaster. I am still wearing clothes I've had for 30 years.
It isn't enough that we are polluting ourselves with exhaust and plastic, we even do it with clothing.
We really are pigs. Excessive consumerism tied to climate change
I use my old clothes to make blanket. Just as our fathers and mothers did. They didn't waste things. My grandmother used old cloths for blanket coats, rugs,, etc....its a great saving to make things yourself.
I buy clothes that are made using quality materials, so they could last for years even if i use them often. I maybe paying more, but at least I know that I am helping to prevent an environmental catastrophe like this one.
The guy at the end says it is hard to fix. It is called waste to energy plants to burn the materials to make energy. Reduce landfill and get the methance out before it decomposes in the landfill. Our trash will always be with us, so burn it instead of fossil fuels.
I had heard about this. Excellent reporting!
Thank you for this.
The US needs to have more flea markets or places where people can buy those second hand clothes. I'm seeing so many brand name perfectly fine clothes. I can't afford those retail price, but I bet I could afford them once they're priced down and sold second hand. We have to stop the insane overproduction, but I think another facet to the current problem is better distribution and accessibility. I think there's many people right here in our country who could use/want those clothes but I feel like a lot of those dumped clothes go straight from retail consumer to "donations" that are shipped overseas.
I never gave a thought about it 🤦
Corporations keep giving us stuff we didn’t ask for then turning around and blaming the consumers. It’s disgusting. it’s the corporations fault.
Materialism in the US is extremely disgusting.
5:02 funny how the hosts pretend to care
I like vintage second hand and usually awesome 👌
One big thing that's missing in this equation is China producing the fast fashion and the companies themselves selling them. My tiktok is full of advertisments from Shein and they are major fast fashion company.
Yes…. When are these big designer names gonna do their part? They will now because the money is in “Recycled”! I am a custodian at a very wealthy school and I see tons of plastic “ basically single use” markers, glue sticks, pens , pencils….. etc trashed 2x a school year per student and the stuff is still usable. Wtf is CRAYOLA, PRANG, and ELMERS to fix this problem???? Some of us have been REFUSING, REDUCING, REPURPOSING, REDUCING AND RECYCLING our whole lives! Mostly because of poverty and necessity. REALLY GMA???? With hosts in beautiful different clothing everyday!
We should quit sending them any clothes; they don’t appreciate it.
"Bend down boutique" is another term because you literally bend down to get the clothes you need .
Obroni woewu
im still wearing shorts that are 10 years old. i wear same thing once a week and only buy like 5 things a year. clothes is biggest waste of money
Stop giving clothing to second hand stores and just throw them away if they're going to wind up in other countries polluting their land and waters. It's all connected. Sad thing is, I thought donation booths were doing great things with the used items and that clothes outgrown or just gently used were making it into the hands of people who needed them most. What a sham!
This reminds me of that old Yankee rhyme (it was attributed to the flinty New Englanders of yore): "Use it up, wear it out. If you can't make do, then do without." As a kid, we always had hand-me-downs and even as an adult, I buy good-quality, well-made clothing and take care of it, too. But, I wear it until it can't be worn anymore and only then buy the things that I need. Those images from Ghana are pretty revolting - something I was completely unaware of. My parents were like those old Yankees, they were both immigrants and grew up in hard-scrabble times. Their frugality caused my siblings and me some resentment at times, but I now think the example they gave us about these things (materialism) was a good one.
The True Cost is worth watching. It goes over this more.
YES. Everyone needs to see this.
Well, I break that mold.
I buy and wear my clothes to my taste.
NOT by the latest fashion craze.
I take extremely good care of them till they're just plain worn out.
Then I recycle them when possible.
When my Mom was Alive I'd give them to her for quilting material.
She made me a cowboy style duster coat one year with built in chap snaps on the bottom half for riding on my Harley.
She made it from recycled jeans and made one for my two older brothers also.
I still have it.
Lots of inside pocket and a Velcro closed covered slit on each side to access my jeans pockets when it's zipped and buttoned up so I don't have to open it to get items outta my pockets.
A lot of people in the USA need to wear their cloths longer. Fashion industry needs to slow down. Too many take too much for granted. The world needs to stop or reduce excepting our trash. Maybe then things will start changing here…
Seven times yeah right if I could I would wear the same shirt for 100 days.
Lol
She's talking about the wealthy folks.
Sad thing is as companies which sell quality clothing such as Macy's and JC Penny's go by the wayside, garbage clothing that wears out quickly increases.
We are doomed unless we institute higher taxes to slow spending and waste.
Disgusting. Just think about how many pieces are at a mall and how many malls are in the country…most of this fabric is half plastic too and when washed releases these micro plastics into the water.
What do they suggest we do ? Stop buying fast fashion, shop at more thrift stores? Please advise thanks
You just gave the answer to your own question. Something this bunch of lame talking faces are too scared to do.
@@annamelanie5151 I thought so, they just made it seem in the video like even buying thrift store clothing has no contribution? Maybe I'm wrong. Thanks
@@Krystal_Kitty7 Thrift store buying is an excellent way to minimize the problem. Win win for everyone! I started doing that when I was a poor college student and kept at it even when I got a good job.
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Yes stop buying fast fashion.
Passing our problem onto someone else
-the american way since forever
@Laquisha kalishala since 1970, out-of-wedlock birth rates have soared. In 1965, 24 percent of black infants and 3.1 percent of white infants were born to single mothers. By 1990 the rates had risen to 64 percent for black infants, 18 percent for whites. Every year about one million more children are born into fatherless families. If we have learned any policy lesson well over the past 25 years, it is that for children living in single-parent homes, the odds of living in poverty are great. The policy implications of the increase in out-of-wedlock births are staggering.
@@willyjilly9684 That's fine, but has absolutely nothing to do with the subject hand.
@@Iris-hx6ox what are you referring to? I responded to a comment of "all those illegitimate spawn y'all have". Well assuming the reference is to the US these are the statistics for this country.
I wasn't responding to you. I agree with you. There was a post under your reply about children without fathers that came out of left field. I don't see it now, so it must have been removed.
Full of crap. We’ve been helping other countries since I was growing up in the 60’s. We send billions of dollars annually to assist other countries. This news story mskes mo sense at all. We donate the clothes in America. Who is sending them to Ghana and if they are free to the people of Ghana why aren’t they using them? And if they don’t want them why is their government accepting them. All valid questions.
I don't buy a lot of clothes. What I do buy is mostly band tshirts and I wear them until they fall apart. I get most everything else except socks and underwear 2nd hand either from the thrift store or from yard sales.
People should be more selective about what they donate. If it's torn or stained, throw it away instead of donating to thrift stores that will in turn be sent to Africa and end up in their landfill because it ended up in a bundle and they couldn't sell it.
If I have an item that gets stained or torn, I turn it into a cleaning rag if it is cotton. I also cut off the buttons or anything decorative on the item so it can be used in a craft or art project.
Across the world you say!? True story..... I recently washed up and packed up clothes for the Veterans of America. I made a mistake and put the wrong bin on the porch. When I realized I tried tracking down my clothes.... let's just say, in my heart of hearts I knew everything in that bin WE WOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN! 😥😭😭💀I was able to get in contact with the thrift store they donated to and the lady said the clothes were processed. I know they never made it to the floor🤣.
I have a millennial neighbor who goes to the local thrift stores and sells clothes online. Clothes that are not sold, he dumps them into the trash bin in bulks. Makes me furious when the local thrift store is right around the corner. Human greed driving this earth into the hole sooner than later.
You pass the buck and it ends up right back on your doorstep.
It's perfectly acceptable to wear your favorite shirt as many times as you want and don't make any mistake, anyone shaming another cause they wear the same thing should be ashamed.
i bet the hosts of this show have hundreds of clothes in their closet. bet they throw out even more every year. you can just see the guilt on their faces after the story is over.
agree, their reaction betrayed them badly.
“Fast” fashion? Not in my house! All of my jeans and shirts are years old. And when the jeans finally get too many holes or stains on them, they get bumped down to yard work status.
Having seen this with my own eyes in my travels , it has made me think a lot about this.
I shop at goodwill and wear my clothes till they have holes.!!!
That mountain of OUR discarded clothing looks APOCALYPTIC!
Could be an episode from
"Life After Humans"? 😔
Who is responsible for sending the clothing to Ghana? That step needs to stop.
The US gov they also send trash to my country 3-4 ships of trash to be burned
They're forced over to Ghana. Forced. It has never been about good intentions. This is about fair trade and destabilizing the Ghanaian textile industry.
I wear my clothes until they're completely worn out. They become pajamas or lawn/car clothes after they're no longer socially acceptable. Then I use them for rags or take them to places that supposedly up cycle (H & M for example).
Usually always try to give used cloths away at thrift stores, goodwill, or those clothes drop-off bins that you see around
Ugh. My closet clothes measures 4 feet. I have tops I bought in 2008 and my favorite robe is from 1999 that I still wear. Buy clothes to last. I can say my sons buy most of their clothes 2nd hand.
Definitely need some regulations with all these “fast fashion” companies and hold them accountable for over producing. And that fact that we’re giving or donating old, used clothing to them is shameful! It’s like their country is beneath USA and they should only get used clothing!
If these clothes are donated why are they paying such a high price for them?
I wonder how many of these fast fashion items that are sent overseas have destroyed the local textile industry that sells traditional fabric ?
I wear my clothes until they fall apart.
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7 times? Yea, that's women not men.
Women's clothing is usually lower quality, so it's not possible to wear it as long
@@weemeemoo My grandma still wears clothes from the 70s...
@@jakepalmer6084 Clothing from the 70’s is higher quality than today. I have stuff from the 90’s that are still in good shape. However, today’s clothing is nothing compared to them. It was corduroy and denim, and embroidery. Now clothes are so thin you can rip the seams apart with your hands, and nothing is embroidered, on mass produced clothing that is. Anything printed instead of embroidered washes away, and the item may lose its style or use (such as for labeling).