How donated clothes are sorted and reused
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Ever wondered where your old and used clothing goes after it's thrown into a donation bin? Turns out there are entire industries that rely on the recycling and resale of your old garments.
The demand for such businesses is becoming increasingly more important as"fast fashion" trends continue to drive annual clothing purchases - up nearly 400 per cent worldwide over the last two decades.
The need is even more apparent, as the number of times consumers wear their clothes before they get rid of them continues to drop.
Amy Chyan explores who is benefiting from clothing donations and how consumer cravings for the latest apparel is having an impact on the environment.
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I went to haiti two years ago to construct a school, and you quickly see there that those donated clothes that have mostly charitable intent become the primary clothing source in the country. and thus the local clothing industry has no chance of improving or really existing at all. all clothing vendors simply resell donated clothes
We neex your help here in zambia
@@julietjama6176 i can help, let me know how
Cutting the local business legs out from under them! These acts of "charity" easily ruin many communities by trying to "save" them.
@@leahhhl1608 where can I get?
Lies again? Designer Clothes Donated Clothes
I started donate my clothes as well because sharing gives life to our memories and let our unused clothes become life for people in need.
Wish you can donate to africa as well. Thank you
@@julietjama6176 hi I’d like to do that, do you know if there’s any websites that will let me donate my clothes directly to people in need over there or in other countries
@@girlspower5083 is there a way i can send you any directly to you?
@@girlspower5083 yes I’m from the United States in texas
Plzzz u can donate some children clothes nd house hold in Pakistan
I have always tried to be smart and not wasteful about my clothing. This is very helpful.
Very good video. Thanks. Will make sure I take every single bit of textile to be recycled, even though worn out. Important that it is clean. Thanks again.
i feel soooooo sorry 4 the ppl who waste clothes. ive had lots of my wardrobe 4 min 10 yrs n many of my tshirts r between 30 n 40 yrs old. i take care of what i have. lots of times i find clothes from the dumpsters in my area. y waste $ when u can get it free from bins.
These clothes when they reach in Kenya they never help poor people.. Because of greed the rich people take them and sell people leaving poor people.... But I would like to change that
And the unsellable pieces are piled in underserved communities, left as litter, and often not even properly landfilled!! I hope you can change that too! Sending hope. 💚
Great way of saving
NOT TRUE. THEY SELL BAILS OF CLOTHES TO COUNTRIES ACROSS SEA THE TRUCK LOADS COST 9000 TO. 12000
Yeah and it's insulting because sometimes a bail can have 7 good items out of hundreds. It's a ripoff for Africa. The amount that ends up in landfills...and then locals are blamed for the pollution. We should be taking care to recycle our own garbage and have some quality control with what is sent elsewhere.
Most thrift shops do not have the man power to sort through all of your donations and specifically ask people to not bring in unsellable items! If your city has a textile recycling bin, recycle everything. But if you are giving unusable items to Goodwill or local charity shops, they will end up being trashed.
Also, the selling of used clothes to east African countries is very problematic. Anything can get sent and the local vendors are forced to buy by quantity without getting to see quality until after the purchase so are often given the stained and torn stuff that they cannot sell.
Thanks for sharing
Sometimes donated items wind up in the trash also. No guarantee
Yes because half of them have stains and are so cheap it's insulting that anyone donated it. No one wants your Walmart cast offs with holes and stains!!
Just bought used t-shirt made in America and one from portugal in 1$ each
Which are companies deal with this Donated clothes do u have names or ???
Donated? Lol no the clothes are sold or thrown away.