Fast fashion - Dumped in the desert | DW Documentary
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- Huge heaps of used and unsold clothes have piled up in the Atacama desert in Chile in recent years. A symbol of the hidden cost of fast fashion, they show the industry’s disastrous environmental impact.
Manuela Olivos lives in a hut surrounded by mountains of discarded clothes. She makes a living from this vast, fast-fashion dumping ground in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, collecting anything that she can sell. Much of it is unsold clothing from more economically developed countries, where the demands of the fast fashion industry have resulted in chronic over-production. The garments that end up here are usually made of synthetic fabrics that are non-biodegradable.
The desert dumping ground is an embarrassment to the authorities in nearby Alto Hospicio. Edgar Ortega works in the city’s environmental department, and says he’s powerless to do anything about it. New shipments of used clothing arrive at the dumping ground every week. "The business with used clothing is highly lucrative for dealers in the free trade zone of Iquique, who import secondhand textiles," he says. "But only for them. It’s detrimental to the wider community."
Iquique, the provincial capital, used to be economically depressed. But then the Chilean government built a container port here and created the free trade zone known as "Zofri". 59,000 tonnes of used clothes are shipped here every year. According to estimates, up to 40 % of that is dumped - and ends up in the desert.
Many of the people who sift through the mountains of discarded clothes are refugees from Venezuela. They’re looking for clothes they can wear themselves and for anything they can sell. We meet André and his family, who are braving the midday heat on their way to Iquique, where they hope to find work. They still have another 200 kilometers to go and are exhausted.
Like many other Venezuelan refugees, they could well end up making a living from the mountains of textiles in the Atacama’s desert’s cemetery for used clothes.
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I'm low maintenance so people frequently judge me for wearing the same things over and over again. Happy to move to NZ where people are more accepting of clothing repeats. It's just clothes, you don't need tons of it.
Where did you live previously where the people were so judgemental?
literally got one comment last summer from an American, we r both live in Japan. Asked directly whether I have nothing else to wear.
Newsflash. NZ is also a country that exports quite a lot of its waste to Asia and South America.
If co workers ask if you have ANYTHING else to wear, honey you may be delusional about how you represent yourself in terms of mental health . Excessive anything is too much .
Welcome to NZ. I'm a NZer. Back in the 1980s second-hand cloths were gems of high-quality materials and design. Clothes in NZ used to be multi-generational. Now, I don't know.
The woman that makes all those bags out of left over clothes is a valuable human.
They’re cool too. I’d love any of them.
@@amazingsupergirl7125 me too honestly
Where can I buy a backpack?
I feel like we’re all valuable people with super powers that keep getting shoved down by the powers that be. Living with the same systems that were put in place centuries ago are not viable in today’s world. “Doing the same thing, expecting different results.” Kinda thing
@@fonduebear6530 I agree, we are all valuable and have something to offer, the difference is that not all will actually put that into action. The system will get a hold of us easily and keep us there unless we really fight our way out.
Thank you for bringing this up DW because this is a real issue that many people aren't aware of. I think maybe people also don't know what is fast fashion or that their favorite store is a fast fashion store
It’s the consequences of our current focus on maximizing shareholder values without paying for externalities.
Reality is poorer people or kids (teens or under) don’t really think about the environment much.
@@johnl.7754 and the clothing manufacturers do? They are making cheap toxic clothing, dumping dyes and other waste into bodies of water.
@@cynthiacole6140 the solution is government laws restricting practices that society don’t like and then bear the consequences of those actions (like higher inflation).
Americans definitely don’t. We think our clothes are all being worn in Africa and everything is used up. We need a new class in school just called Environment which covers recycling, reusing, plastics, natural resources clean air and water, etc
Yo, thrift shopping is the best! You can find so many high end brands for $5 each. And jeans are already broken in so they're comfortable. My boyfriend and I each got fancy date night outfits. My dress was $1 and it's in perfect condition.
Choose durable, long lasting clothing over ones that offer you at ridiculously low price
This might be obvious but I recommend buying used high quality clothes.
I make documentary videos on various subjects. Don't forget to check my channel...
Most people don't know how to buy styles that never how old.They buy what is cheep and looks better on someone else and not what looks good on them and most don't know how to properly care for the fabrics that they are made from.
Young women want something new to wear every week, they are what drive this industry. Most men rarely go shopping for clothes.
Overconsumption is a huge problem
over production as well. there shouldnt be a new fashion cycle every other week.
@@beccam9854 yes but companies do that because there is a demand....we as consumers need to stop buying in order for them to change,we have the power
I'm in the fashion industry it's difficult to convince businesses to even think about managing waste, it's all about profits
We all nations are consuming more than we need.We suppose to preserve nature as much as we can.
The reason the goods are dumped is to keep the manufacturer's & retailer profit margins high.
The manufacturer should
give them away & then shred the rest into rags etc.
One of the reasons I prefer thrift store shopping now. Lots of 2nd hand goods are still in great condition
Sometimes the rich people donate high quality and unique clothing, I got two awesome jackets that i wouldn't find anywhere else nearby and for like 7 bucks each, whereas i bet the original price be close to a hundred
Yup. Some I've seen still had tags
When I was in highschool, I went to Guatemala and saw the same thing. It changed my perspective for sure. Now I try to slow down my consumerism. I don't want to play a part in destroying this planet with bad spending habits.
Our world is overwhelmed by fast fashion if only people buy less clothing and declutter their wardrobe and actions I think we can bring a solution. Sustainability an overrated word too cliché but we need to twist this cliché into something. Let's all be a warrior of sustainable fashion 👍 thank you DW for this fantastic investigate documentary
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Don't swallow the globalist propaganda. Pre-"Globalisation", all western nations had their own manufacturing and everything was quality and made to LAST. International nation destroyers (globalists) infiltrated and destroyed everything from within. ALL PLANNED. Why else would everything go backwards? Now they are blaming ordinary people.
True. I’ve practiced this since I was a child before I ever heard about minimalism.
Like many I am constantly judged for simply not wanting to purchase lots of “stuff”.
Thank God for people like Maria who repurpose textiles.
That is sickeningly sad..... We destroy everything in this planet
And when we Africans don’t dress they laugh at us Even though we live in sunny hot paradise. Shame on you all fashionistas.
Not true. Its the greedy international globalists destroying everything and blaming us. Decades ago clothing was manufactured in our own countries. Top quality and made to last years. What happened ?
So called "free trade" - started importing cheap goods from China - destroyed national businesses . That's how it began.
Human kind is the cancer of the earth 🌍 we destroy self destructive
agree
Yes sickening but did you know there is 8,000.000.000 this much people in the world
I can count how many fast fashion videos on CZcams have been documented and yet nothing done.
*People want to look 'fabulous'* 💁♀️
Because the entire system needs to be changed. That would involve a lot of people and the elites to change.
I despair. What hope have we got of 'saving the planet' when manufacturers are only interested in producing relatively cheap goods for individuals who want something new and fashionable to wear on just a few occasions?
each one of us decides what companies do with our money. The demand will always mark the supply offered by companies.
@@Edith.G.G. Each one of us decides what WE do with our money. Too many affluent people will spend their surplus wealth buying new clothes for the temporary thrill of being in fashion.
You need to stop watching the news then. All they are going to do is show you bad news. The truth is things are not that bad
@@Edith.G.G. you are right but for that to happen people need to be educated and be willing to change their values…unfortunately social media also contributes to making people want to spend their money on buying material possesions in the run for “the perfect life” and splurge of the moment!
The industry needs a shutdown. Existing stocks of clothes are enough for ten more years without any production
Sadly corporate greed can't be cured
longer than that i'd recon.
The fashion industry certainly could use a shutdown in manufacturing but that is just the tip of the problem. INDIVIDUALS must make the decision that our planet is worth saving afterall industry is filling a demand that we the consumers has demanded. So instead of pointing fingers at the fashion industry take a good look at your own spending habits and start the change there. Take a 6 months to a year break from shopping and then take responsibility for how YOU, THE INDIVIDUAL proceeds from that point onward. Quit passing the buck. You are bothered by it, quit talking and do something constructive.
Those backpacks are actually pretty cool. I'd buy those
Im looking for her contact so i can purchase some for the NGO I work with
Making backpacks are great - but they will still end up in a landfill.
The answer isn’t recycling like we use to think - IT’S STOP OVER MANUFACTURING all together to purchase clothing that can be worn for years and years - not just one or two times.
Making backpacks are great - but they will still end up in a landfill. At least then woman is trying, don't knock someone else is idea
Would be great, but that would be very hard for one person to achieve. Most of us can only do small things and hope a lot of small ripples make a wave, like her. If the idea inspires more people to do this and (importantly) can show it makes a profit, fast fashion giants will see that consumers care about this and that’s the first step to change. Doubt we’ll see any meaningful change in the industry unless people talk with their wallets.
I volunteer for a charity where we distribute a lot of donated clothes and housewares. Sometimes I think the same thing, that really all we’re doing is delaying the inevitable point where the stuff will end up in a landfill (possibly even fast-tracking it because many of our clients don’t value things they get for free, and take things they don’t want or need because they have hoarding issues from growing up in extreme poverty…very sad) but I can’t solve the trash problem on my own so I guess helping give things a potential second life is better than nothing. One small ripple.
Personally I think completely biodegradable textiles are the answer, like Bananatex. It’s exciting that there seems to be innovation in this area
She is not recycling. She is reusing. Yes, eventually those will turn to waste, and then there must be a way to integrate the parts back into the manufacturing process or natural environment. But until then, she's not extracting resources from nature to produce new materials, and she produces with a minimun material and energy cost. People are not just going to start buying better, more lasting clothes; mainly because affordable local or alternative production has almost dissapeared. Fashion made out of reused clothes, or local materials it's actually one of the best ways to innovate in order to bring production back, and thus allow a more stable, quality and design-based fashion model to flourish. Which may be the only way to ensure long term the sustainability of the material sourcing, and the overall impact of waste.
When I was 12 hype bags were a huge thing and everyone at school had one. Fast forward 8 years later and I'm still using mine. So it really depends on who the backpacks are sold to, it can be good if it's sold to someone who will use it for years on end.
People need to take better care of their belongings. We shouldn't be ruining other countries with our trash 😔
I buy cheap clothes from Walmart but I have clothes from when my mom was in her 20's (she's 51 now). And I have clothes from middle school still (I'm 28). I take care of my clothes and haven't thrown that many away in my life. Most of my clothes I keep but what I don't want is still in good enough condition to pass on.
horder
You are not a hoarder. You know the value of well made clothing
I agree with you. People around me criticize me because I don't like to buy things that I already have. From the ages of 15 to 25, I was a shopaholic and a hoarder, and it took me a lot of work and discipline recover from those addictions.
So now I value everything I have and the money I earn, since before I just wasted. I have clothes from years ago, in good condition and in enough quantities for not to buy clothes in about 10 years. I take care of all my belongings, I value them and use them as much as possible.
I hate waste and the environmental, financial and psychological damage that causes consumerism and hoarding.
That’s why Thrifting and me giving away to homeless shelters and Goodwill is where it’s at , honeyyyyy.
Me too, and I also hate fast fashion because the quality is really really bad, I prefer vintage fashion but it's actually sad that everyone who like modern style had to bought very cheap qualities clothes that won't last anyways
Fast fashion is an environmental nightmare.
This makes me sad that I realize how unaware we are of what we’re doing to our home planet.
i think a lot of people are aware, but are just too selfish to care.. unless it directly affects them, not their problem..
Agreed
What great bags and hats that woman creates. Far more creative than the fast fashion stuff
In America we used to take old blue jeans and make insulating materials out of them . But material from China was so cheap it put these manufacturers out of business .
DW never disappoints with its great documentaries 👌. God bless that lady who is selling bags from recycled material.She is doing a great job for the society.I would love to buy backpacks from her.
This is almost hard to comprehend. It's really shameful that we in the West are so wasteful and have such disregard for other people.
I m not from West.. but I see same happen in India these days..
I was appalled to see stuff in this documentary...
I know you have lots of documentaries about fashion.Could you please write the year for each one? Some of them i watched years ago and i figured it out after rewatching it on your channel. Some of them are parts from old documentaries and if you upload them in the present time please inform us so.
LE: Just finished watching this one and the year 2022 and copyright is showed at the end. But it would really be helpful to write in the description so I don't watch it twice. Another eyeopening great documentary. I maked a habit of watching these regularly, especially when i feel like my shopping habits escalate. Also, i try to buy sh clothes 90% of time, i mend clothes, socks etc as much as i can, I reuse and like to make updates to old clothes when i know i no longer wear them and feel like throwing away ( i try to donate these or go to shops such a h&m etc that collect them - though a couple of DW documentaries showed the reality behind these recycling campaigns and they're almost close to 0 when it comes to making a positive change and fixing things (⌣̩̩́_⌣̩̩̀) ). I own a sewing machine and making small changes to clothes in order to prolong their life and use is extremely important. Moreover, i like to call this some sort of shopping in my wardrobe, almost free (some accesories like pretty buttons are not cheap) and so much more ecofriendly, not to mention creative and meaningful for me.
I cant imagine throwing clothes. Coming from very limited means when I only got to buy my very own denim pants when I was already in high school. Most of our proper clothes were hand me downs. Years by when I was already able to buy clothes on my own, I pass on all the clothes that I dont use to relatives, friends and poorer folks. Its heart warming to see their value, even if they were not luxury items, continue to those who need and use them for a few more years. Most clothes in developing countries were I come from are passed on from generations. People there are kind of content with the clothes that they have simply because they cant afford to buy any or more. Clothes only pile up when they are dumped by manufacturers and retailers for cheap. So really without this extra supply, people doesnt need as much clothing than those that they already have.
thank you again DW, your docs are informing the rest of us what's going on in the world. I had no idea what a horrific nightmare cheap clothing and textiles have contributed to the destruction of the environment. Make this all aware of how much and what we buy and that less is more. Great investigative unbiased journalism as usual. Much appreciation for informative work. Thank you from Canada.
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This is part of the climate change problem. From polluting the waters in Indonesia to dumping it in the desert. It's frustrating that everything is blamed on fossil fuel when it's clearly a lot of other things including textile and plastic
But plastic and textile also use fosile fuel! You have to look at the big picture and also link everything together..
Yup. The probles is most of that textile is plastic to some degree. If not, it could be recycled for other applications, and it would be profitable to do soo. Vegetable fibers can be turned into paper and cardboard aplications. Wool is great as a crop cover. But wool, cotton, linen or whatever mixed with polyester, it's mostly unusable.
Plastic is a derivative of oil and methane, which are fossil fuels. Also, transportation alone of textiles from different continents through oceans consume even more fossil fuels.
Textile production in the Global South is destructive for the local land, water and air. It is highly cancerogenous. It also requires extremely high quantities of water, as well as releasing millions of tons of microplastics in the oceans, contributing to their acidification and loss of its biodiversity (micro-algae included, which produce 50% of the planet's oxygen).
In all of this, the workers of the Global South are exploited and sometimes killed by the absence of safety regulations in the industries.
Other than the fact that these clothes end up polluting those countries such as Chile where they are thrown away, consuming even more fossil fuels for transportation.
But hey, at least some CEO of fast fashion, fossil fuel industries, transportation companies are making billions😀
I wonder whether this cloth could be repurposed into making huge shade cloths for big and small growers. It's a desert environment with no trees, even in the city. Shade cloths could be sewn and used for so many things needing shade, instead of buying new umbrellas. Growers pay good money for shade cloth for their food and flower crops. Like quilting, it could be pretty automated and assembly line using various pieces of fabric from the clothing. It wouldn't have to be washed, as it would be for agriculture use. As the cloth deteriorates it can be patched by those who are trained to do so with more scrap.
Sadly, THIS is “trickle down” economics.
This is when the rich (individuals and multinational corporations) toss their used unwanted stuff to those financially beneath them.
Always great documentary. Thank you DW for showing us behind the scene of cloth.
Thank you DW for being the voice of the poor and helpless...
I'm 66 yr's old now and am very clean even though I wear my clothes even after they are full of holes.
When I was in junior high, I wore the same clothes through high school.
My mom hated this so much she threw them in the garbage when I wasn't around but I found them and retrieved them.
Frustrated, she began to dig holes in the yard and burry them.
Of course I got a lock for my door.
I was a child model, thanks to my mom and they gave to me all the clothes I modeled.
I would give them to friend of mine that were less fortunate then I.
I have a 1979 tee shirt of the Seattle Super Sonic's championship.
It has become so thin that when held up, you can see through both layers of cotton.
Two weeks ago, I had to break down and buy some news clothes because my 30 yr old son was getting married.
My wife took me shopping for the first time in over 12 years---she looked delighted when seeing me in new clothes.
I usually buy seven pairs at a time so I don't have to shop again for years, except for this time was special.
I was doing my laundry at the matt one day and a couple walked up to me and asked me why all my clothes were the same?
I told them it's easier when I wake, I don't have to think about what to wear.
She said, "and your socks?" I just said, why hunt for a match if you don't have to?
She asked why I only fold my pants and shirts?
I told her I got rid of the dresser decades ago and put everything on shelves because they are more spacious and airy so I don't need to fold my underwear or roll my socks, just stack them.
Unlike my mother, my wife has never complained, bless her sweet soul!
The people in the textile factories DO understand - they just don’t care.
Oh, this is so sad to see. Yet people will still shop at Primark, H&M, Target, etc. for those cheap clothes. More people need to see what happens when they "donate" their clothing,
This is why I've started buying clothes from second hand stores and wearing things over and over till its worn out.
SMH!!! So many people are in need of clothes but yet here they go. Just sad!
great work Matthias and team, thank you.
For many years I have chosen to have my clothing made by local dressmakers, who work with me to create a unique wardrobe made from fabrics I have chosen. It is not as expensive as most people think, and you have good clothing that lasts. Fast fashion is an abomination that needs to stop.🖤🇨🇦
SHAMEFUL that Europe will ship their " trash " to South America.
This is also a huge problem in Africa, and much of the discarded junk clothes also come from America.
Plastic trash from Europe was shipped to China for recycling, but the vast amount of useless garbage caused China to say "enough is enough" , and refused to receive anymore in 2017.
Think clothes are bad. Look into the worlds E-waste
@@JJ-Toreddie you're right. I've checked out a couple videos about it, very shocking and depressing.
They dumped in Asean too 😡😡😡
Such a disaster. Waste ton of water on cotton crops and clothing manufacturing, and just dump them in the trash real quick.
A great documentary!! Thanks
Excellent documentary!
I buy one shirt and jeans a year at most. After their life i use those as rags. It's not about affordability but responsibility
I use old clothing for work in dirt or paint, something I don't mind getting messy
The backpacks and hats are so beautiful! The idea itself is great!
I have watched several docos on other channels about the waste from charity clothing donations in Africa and Asia- equally as tragic as this- people and the environment are becoming more "disposable" than clothing 😭😭
Thank you for your efforts
A fast fashion, to me, is anything that is produced cheaply, worn briefly, & discarded quickly. Very often, these clothes may be produced under conditions that are inherently disadvantageous, even dangerous, to workers.
Great work done by DW 👍🏽
Eventhough I sew my own garment, it is still sad to see this report. Please stop this fast fashion.
Plastic and now fabric, manufacturers must be held responsible or heavy fines imposed.
It's hard to know how many of us can have a long term impact. One way is do not join the latest fad of being a minimalist and getting rid of most of your stuff. Instead gift things that are wanted by friends and family. Also, don't buy new and if you really feel you need too, buy very local or learn to make it yourself out of used textiles. Much of the cloths donated these days end up in 3rd world country dumps. There are plenty of online 2nd hand clothes sites now. In the last decade I was only buying underwear and socks and now I buy cotton or wool 2nd sweaters and unravel to make socks. I'm working on making a really easy underwear pattern out of nice soft used t-shirts. All I do is taught online for free. So many younger people are doing so much to help but we as humans need everyone doing at least something. I'm old but hope we all turn things around.
Damn. Those clothes are better and newer than the ones i am using
This is so heart-breaking! Sad situation for the refugees. :(
The documentary society needs, but doesn't deserve.
Thank you for spreading awareness 💝
im really fed up with cheap and bad quality clothes,im not a rich person,but since a few years i only buy good quality "expensive" clothes that i can wear for years..(btw its really hard to find this type of clothes,every corner fast fashion stores)
Does anyone know how to reach the lady that makes backpacks ? I wasn't able to see the name of her project
You found a vert well sorted out tidy garbage dump small enough to actually not matter. Congratulations.
The work happening in Brazil is truly inspiring
I heard them say that they added a port for container ships but I didn't hear how many containers are coming in say weekly?
Thank you Maria in Brasília for using leftover from textiles 👍
Q DAHORA AS MOCHILAS DA SENHORA. GOSTEI DEMAIS!!!! MUITO BOM DOCUMENTARIO. AMEI
EXCELLENT documentary. Is there any industry on earth that isn't overusing and ruining our planet?
Only small bussinesses are sustainable and not all of them
I love thrift shops.
I get called “cheap” or “Captain Planet “
Either way, I’m going to keep buying second hand
Stop buying and discarding 💩- all countries need to take responsibility for their own waste stream…🤬
cant these used clothes be used for fillers for concrete structures like roads?
Awesome video thank you ❤❤
Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
8 Billion people on the Planet
Soon to be 10 Billion
That's the problem
They should build houses with ovens using bricks made from the dirt. Then they could collect good fabric that has been disposed and make blankets or patchwork hooded capes. The fabrics that are not acceptable with stains on them could be shredded and used for stuffing or made into sandbags for building. Companies that don't cooperate should be charged with crimes and fined. Illegal dumping should be a jailable offense.
I am sitting here cutting up old pajamas as I watch this to crochet them into little area rugs. There is so much that can be done with fabric. I am also working on a patchwork quilt and I have lots of patches on my comforters because they are so old. I have patches on y jeans and shorts - all from fabric from our own clothes we have grown out of or clothes I have pulled out of thrift store dumpsters. My husband and I are dumpster divers, mostly food, but also thrift stores who throw out TONS of clothing.
I am confused. Is this second hand clothes or is it new clothes the shops have not been able to sell or is it factory waste? If the clothes is new, how does it end up in the desert? It would be great to have more detail.
Some people are addicted to shopping. It gives them dopamine rush
Another important aspect of fast fashion is that the materials the items are made from are inexpensive and wear out or appear more worn more quickly than items produced from higher quality textiles. Most fast fashion items are made of polyester, nylon, acrylic or rayon. I bought a sweater and after 1 gentle wash the nap and texture appeared as if I had owned that sweater for years. After, one single wear and wash it no longer looked nearly as appealing. I donated the item to the local thrift store. I considered that purchase a waste. Instead, I try to buy items made from natural textiles of cotton, wool, silk or cashmere.
It makes me feel a bit grateful’ when I think I am having a difficult time it shows that it could be worst and I thank god it’s not really worst.
*On Time* 💫💃🏻
Shou-Out to Maria and the scrappers. God bless them. 🙏
Yet we blame every day people for the actions of corporations pollution of the earth.
It’s a matter of supply and demand- if “every day people” don’t buy into it , stop wanting to look and shop like their ridiculous social media superheroes, there’s no demand = no supply-
We’re all -people and corporations-to blame.
Meanwhile im using some better quality shirts for 10 years lol
the backpacks are so cool!
Uuuugh, I wish the world would see the effects of their selfish ambitions and false image! Thank you @DW Documentary for bringing this to the forefront once again. Something needs to change and rapidly.
It is great documentary. Now, I know I shouldnt waste too much and self regulates my own consumerism.
Make me feel VERY guilty, looking at my closet. Time to change my habit. Thank you, DW.
The people owning the companies that produce these shit clothes, NOT thinking about the impact this will have on the environment, must pay with their lives and their companies
I've never thrown out any clothes in my life. I'm 22. I can remake clothes into something else like a new clothes, teddies for my cat, mop, floor wipe, etc. No need to throw it out. Sometimes I keep it for sentimental values.
What about if like a pair of jeans is threadbare?
What makes me wonder is that shopping mall never runs out of clothing... The clothing segment are always full no matter how much people are buying
Make rag rugs. My mother in law would take old clothing, tear it into strips and make bath rugs.
Fast fashion companies should be taxed up the gazoo. They should literally be made to pay for trashing the planet. Same for the advertisers who push this garbage, whipping up insane amounts of consumerism.
I love her backpacks very nice.
The country should wake up and charge anyone who wants to dump anything depending on their country currency 💴, Euro 💶,Dollar should be charge more high.
This is the same business model they use in Africa. The environmental cost is tremendous and it kills the local garment business. Its quite the problem.
Economic growth goes as far as the landfill is deep.
Sad but true.
Recycle these abundent garments and then reuse it replacing fresh cotton can help eliminate a part of this trash. Global leaders of fast fashion must taken initiative to reduce the post consumer waste.
It also help saving fresh cotton consumption (natural resource).
When you put the whole picture together, recycling is the right thing to do.
Que orgulho tenho de ver uma brasileira como ativista. Vivemos num mundo de muita ganância onde todos estão dispostos a destruir o planeta por causa do dinheiro. Em breve vão saber que não se come dinheiro.
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I would like to buy some of those back packs they are cute! They should sell online.
Gen Z loves to point the finger at the older generation while simultaneously wearing Shein. Lovely.
I grew up partly w my grand mom who survived the rations of WW2 in the USA, she taught me how to sew how to reuse fabric which I still do and how to make easy wash rags out of damaged items, I have almost no polyester in my closet , I don’t think I have any. I buy classsic bohemian clothes that last until they fall apart and since they are cotton rayon or silk break down, but I do know that others don’t buy organic cotton nor care. If u donate clothing to boxes or bins or even thrift stores in the USA IT GETS SHREDDED OR SENT TO FORGEIGN COUNTRIES IF NOT SOLD SO IF YOU BUY THINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN FASHION FOR ONE SEASON u are part of the problem and don’t say I can’t afford cotton, because H&M has cheap $20 organic cotton dresses so invest wisely , I often pay more for something I’d wear a lifetime best wishes to all 🌈✝💕💖🌷🍀♥🌈💖🧚🏻🐬🌸
Buy from places you know where they are made and made of also buy used and God bless these people it’s very sad
Why made the fashion industry adopt this strategy? The answer is Money
no shit buddy
If these were recycled they could be made into quilts, blankets, rugs, stuffed animals, beds for the homeless, decorative art, you can combine with cement & MAKE pots, vases, or statues, pet pads or beds, recycle material into diapers, make old clothes into CARRY BAGS for Groceries instead of using plastic bags. So take a second look at clothes before throwing out... If they are not good enough to give away to someone in need make them into something New & Useful..
If Not this at LEAST USE THEM FOR RAGS TO CLEAN YOUR HOME OR CAR.🙏🙏🙏
I’m wondering if an added problem is the extensive use of synthetic fabrics that can’t be turned into pulp for all sorts of paper, or some sort of byproduct, which then have a myriad of uses.
thank you
Thank you DW for sharing this very important problem we are having here in my country, Chile.
That's why to us it's so important to approve our new, democratic Constitution, because it will forbid these things to keep happening, o en of its main focus is the care of environment, unlike the current one which only cares about profit (made under Pinochet's dictatorship).
As a Chilean I want to see my beautiful country protected and my people treated with dignity, living with dignity and hope.
I loved the Brazilian recycling projects. We do have few, clearly not enough to end with the trash in the dumpsters. We need to ban the import of used garments, in the 90's I would dress with thrift store clothes only, but now most of those stores are gone and only those with the "selected vintage clothes" survive, overpriced. And all our local brands are "made in China". As a Costume Designer myself I can assure you, there are so many things we need to change, to assure environmental protection, sustainability and to revive an actual local industry and create jobs.
Your English level is especially good for a Chilean. You're absolutely right.
@@Minty_Aqua Thank you.