• DreamButt
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    3 days ago

    Not really. A massive amount of clothes people buy go completely unused or often worn only once. Most people don’t bother to donate their used clothes and even a large portion that is donated is often thrown away due to excess or wear and tear

    Climate Town did a couple of videos that go into a lot of detail: https://youtu.be/8CkgCYPe68Q?si=cO7ZhYFto_Op9s0B

    • Flying Squid
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      103 days ago

      And then there’s all the stuff that’s sent to Africa and other parts of the developing world and why you see impoverished children in Mali wearing shirts for the Tuscaloosa West High School Woodchucks or whatever.