Seems like that might be a good idea. Sometimes ideas have unintended consequences, but even if they lowered the sales tax on them, that might be good.
This isn't how it works. First you wear them out, then you wear them around the house, then they become pajamas. Finally, they become cleaning and car rags, and then they go into the trash.
You can blame that on the resellers who couldn't keep their pie holes shut. I had no problem with resellers but then they just had to brag and post it on social media and ruin thrifting
Are you for real?? That's a pretty broad declaration to be making, where are you facts to prove such a grand statement?? Your petty begrudging and blaming of "the rich" is childish and kommie-ish, grow up.
Exactly this. I have sweaters, shirts.... not so much pants.... from 20, 25, 30+ years ago.... Sweaters I wore in high school still no tears, no holes, still in good condition... same with shirts I bought for my honeymoon
Minimalism and decluttering have been quite popular in recent years. I have a lot of clothing that I *should* get rid of because it doesn't fit me, but I'm too frugal to part with it for free and I don't have enough time to sell it.
Then maybe consumers need to be more concientious of what they buy. Too many people are buying too much clothing. We need to buy less, and it's obvious that clothing manufactuerers couldn't care less about the impact that their business practices have on the environment and society as a whole. It's not fair to those of us who wear our clothes for as long as possible to have to constantly deal with the fallout caused by people who over-consume.
How about government funds clothing recycle centers in low-cost housing areas by hiring homeless and requiring trash companies stop landfilling our clothes?
@ China is quite advanced in recycling, and so we were shipping most of our recyclable trash there. But then China banned trash imports (in 2017 I believe) and so now we’re stuck figuring it out from scratch. Sooo, recycling only really strayed since the aforementioned China ban, so go figure.
The realty is that poor people don’t throw away clothes without consideration like rich people do! Then some of these rich people in power thought of such a solution that makes themselves feel better with a “good intention” while hurting the hard working people even more at the same time.
The problem is how low quality most fast fashion is. It's cheap, disposable, not worth repairing, unless you do it yourself, and only lasts a few years, at most, before it turns into rags or trash.
@@richardbishop8666No, I am middle class and I throw out clothes if it isn’t easy to donate (like a clothing bin nearby) because my house is a cluster duck and need to Make room for more “stuffs” I do t need. Our economy runs on continued over consumption . Very sad and dirty for planet
@@EDMbeatboxer That was stupid and rude. The clothes get washed carefully, and not dried in a dryer. The wool blazers get dry cleaned. Younger people don't know anything about good fabrics.
Ya know, if they added seamstresses to department stores so they could fix torn clothing or resize things, it could increase foot traffic, reduce waste, and add company profits.
As a professional seamstress, no. Take it to a dry cleaner if they offer repairs. Fixing rags is often impossible and people don't want to pay for the work. 25$ to repair a 7$ t shirt.
No, that won't work because they'll want $45 an hr plus benefits and no one's gonna wanna pay $60 to mend a tear or replace a button when a new garment costs the same amount.
I stopped buying clothes, mostly because everything now is made of synthetic fibers and I can't stand it on my skin. Cotton=made is impossible to find unless it is a blend of polyester.
If clothing manufacturers must do it, then so should automobile, electronics and other manufacturers. Any industry that promotes consumerism should be required to provide recycling.
I believe this is the rule in Germany. Who better to get rid of things than pros, their manufacturers? My municipality wants to make me the recycling guru. It’s their job, not mine. And if they want to work with manufacturers, even better.
@ManChan-w5p I agree although, Goodwill is now over priced and asking new retail prices for some used items. Their higher management and CEO make ridiculous salaries.
Right there with ya! Like everything in life, it's what you need, not what you want. Rich families make me sick how they brag about needing a walk in closet because they have so many shoes and clothes. I have a family member that has always thrown new shoes, clothes, home decor, and kids clothes in the trash because they just keep spending. I'm a Grandma, I pull things out of their trash, clean it, and take it to a thrift store or Goodwill. Once upon a Child in Michigan gives you excellent money for clothes and toys. I get in store credit and buy new items they might need at Grandma's 😊
I’m a sewing teacher and there are students that want to learn but don’t have the discretionary income to invest on new textiles and notions. I always encourage students to think outside the box. Some thrift stores carry fabric of course but you can also buy a sheet, curtain, tablecloth or another clothing item and reinvent it. We have a few local stores that donate yardage to the program but students could really use more and maybe this new program could help.
As a sewer/sewist for 60+ years, I have tons of unused great fabrics that I need to donate somewhere. Would this be of useful value to you and your students or a theater dept.? If you think it could be used or have any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.
Back in the 70's (😅) a friend and I took the legs of old blue jeans and made purses. The top part into hobo bags. Your students could do the same and even sell them for fund raising😊
Where I live we have "free stores". You bring in used clothing, housewares, etc.. and you can take what you want or need. It's a great program and I haven't bought new clothes or housewares in years now.
They're are so many nursing homes who's residents would gladly take 2nd hand clothes in good condition! Along with low income seniors, families and children. Plus, homeless people would gladly take good used sweaters, jackets, pants, etc! I remember seeing a news report on nursing homes in the Boston area and the woman had on an old worn out dress😢and old shoes. Put the used clothing to good use and give it to those who need it❤❤❤❤❤
It’s the most populous state too. CA gets the criticism because they take initiatives, for better or worse. No one else is in their position. Let them utilize their money as they choose.
What ever happened to passing clothes down to younger siblings, cousins or friends? That used to be the normal way of recycling. People also took better care of their clothes and didn't buy what they didn't need. The media ads are the ones setting the styles and telling you that you have to have this or that - which you don't. And those styles change frequently. Dressing to impress or please people you don't even care about is beyond silly.
You got that right! I used to shop Salvation Army for clothes for my grandkids. Now I only go on Wed bc it's 1\2 off all clothing. If I'm paying $4 for a pair of 2T pants, I'll go to Wal-Mart and get brand new for the same price. I still buy purses and books there, but that's about it.
Cheap fast fashion made in cheap labor countries with mediocre quality. A $9.00 sweater won’t last and that’s what manufacturers bank on with the consumer. They don’t care how many items are thrown away as long as consumers buy more.
I watched a video on this and the waste the companies have. They change styles more than ever and end up with tons of product in their warehouses. We ship used clothing in bundles overseas and it ends up in huge piles of trash. There is just too much of it. So basically they have a hand in it and we do too. I didn’t realize the issues until I researched more.
because you want some unified framework to recycle. Similar to food waste system in US, if you expect each person to do so, won't happen due to lack of scale.
Better textiles and a complete ban on polyester should be used by clothing makers to produce higher-quality clothing. That would significantly cut down on waste.
Banning polyester and mandating "better textiles" misunderstands both market dynamics and consumer needs. Polyester exists because it’s versatile, affordable, and durable, making clothing accessible to millions. Forcing a shift to more expensive textiles raises costs for manufacturers and consumers, disproportionately harming low-income families.
And really increase cost to consumers !! The will then be forced to buy from vendors/manufacturing from places like India , China , Vietnam , Philippines , others. California will go multinational for clothing manufacturers , to collect ?? I don't see that happening , to costly.
@@thesink5723 This argument misses a key economic point: consumers already gravitate toward goods from places like India, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines because those countries produce at lower costs. What’s driving that trend isn’t some future California policy but basic market forces-people buy what’s affordable. Artificially increasing costs through regulation in the name of sustainability will only accelerate this trend, making local manufacturers even less competitive. The idea that California could "go multinational" to somehow benefit from overseas manufacturing is misguided. Manufacturing doesn’t magically enrich governments; it enriches those who produce efficiently and at scale. California won’t collect any meaningful revenue from this shift, but it will drive businesses out of the state and leave consumers stuck paying higher prices for fewer choices. Low-income families, who can’t afford boutique "local" options, will suffer the most. The irony is that this policy, likely designed to promote sustainability and fairness, will instead offshore more production to countries with far lower environmental and labor standards. You’ll get more pollution, not less, and fewer jobs in California. Real progress comes from innovation and market-driven solutions, not top-down mandates that ignore basic economic realities.
Thrift stores are getting picky and will not take many of the clothes brought. Not taken clothing may be a problem. Also, some "poor" countries no longer want another countries unwanted clothes.
Yeah, what happened with that? They used to graciously accept any donations now they are very picky and selective. I've had to throw stuff in the dumpster because places won't take it.
@@snoozeflu because most of the clothes are made of polyester and are torn or stained. Developing countries are then stuck with mountains of garbage. Most homeless shelters accept donations year round. Animal shelters accept clean blankets and towels.
Worrying about “waste” that ends up in land fills, our ocean, on our beaches, harming wildlife, etc … that’s worrying about the wrong things???? Dude. You weren’t paying attention to the bigger picture.
Was cost the point? We already get most things cheaper than everywhere else. More concerned about endless landfills and garbage islands (sorry Manhattan 😂)
@M.J.212 No... Tariffs are more of a bargaining tool, other countries like China import much more to the U.S than we export to China costing china much more $$. Trump will put a 15% tariff on American companies manufacturing in China while giving the American companies a 15% tax break if they return manufacturing to America creating more American jobs. One example, in his first term Trump put tariffs on imported washing machines which created 1800 U.S jobs at Whirlpool.
@@deadname... The self proclaimed stable genus wants to apply tariffs to our 3 leading trade partners we import the vast majority of our products from, Trump bold faced lied about China paying the tariffs, consumers pay for the additional costs of business that's Capitalism 101.
We need to teach people how to sew again.. I lost my husband last year, a friend and his girlfriends ( older generation) took all my husbands dress shirts and flannel shirts ( 2 storage totes) cut them in to squares and shapes and made the most beautiful quilt I have ever seen. They did this in their spare time in the winter, he works full time and in the warmer months they are busy with gardening and fishing but yeah they made at least 2 quilts one for me, one for his daughter out of her favorite old tshirts. Now imagine setting old up time factories with sewing machines and sorting out materials by type and making blankets or quilts instead of buying them from overseas where they are making them out of new material. I use to make blue jean purses from old jeans the top part, so I had a lot of "legs" left right? I cut them in to long squares and sewed them together to make a couch throw. Nothing went to waste or ended up in the landfill. Old holey socks or mismatched ones? Can be turned in to household cleaning rags. Old towels that are thread bare ? Cut them in to squares, hem them with crochet yarn and boom you know have free wash cloths or cleaning rags. There is so much we could be doing to stop over producing and putting stuff in the landfills. Tshirts can also be cut in to long strips, crocheted together and made in to throw rugs I've done that before too. We can do better for our environment. Anna In Ohio
I don't know how to use a sewing machine but I knit really well. Maybe they can process the material back down to strands of yarn. I'd use it for knitting if it didn't cost more than yarn. (which is pretty expensive these days).
There only so much one person can do. Homemade dinner, homemade furniture, homemade clothes, homemade everything. I suggest finding some friends who share this passion and find eachothers strengths and swap products between the families.
This video provided ZERO information. OK so there's a law that requires companies to do something. But what does that mean for the consumer? What are we supposed to do and how? Will we get fined? How is this law supposed to work? How about some details? What a useless video.
Biggest problem is that they see us as an income stream so they make subpar products that wear out from inferior materials that are poorly made. Car manufacturers, everything is made to break now and not to last. THAT should be mandated. I don't mind paying ten bucks for a Tshirt now instead of five or seven if it will LAST. I'm sooo sick of buying new clothes.
They did this recently with mattresses, i bought a brand new mattress and was charged a 32 dollar " disposal fee" , besides "surcharge " or "junk fees" for it's end of life 20 years from now
In Medieval times, clothing was gathered, pulverized and rewoven into cloth for clothing....all done by private enterprise. The issue is so many garments are synthetic blends, this may be hard to do. But I'm sure we can figure out a way.
I’ve never understood why people throw away clothing. When you buy a new outfit your old best outfit becomes street wear. Your old street wear becomes indoor clothing. Your old indoor clothing is used for chores until it wears out. When a garment is faded and full of holes you cut it into squares to use for dusting and cleaning
I lived in an apartment and lazy people just tossed their stuff away when they moved or even changed room decor. They were just lazy. Those lazy people will still same thing with all the clothing donations boxes we already have in the area. I saw cute blankets and curtains just tossed.
Just wash them and keep them. Also makes great gifts 🎁 too! I get free children's clothing and gift it to my nieces. I don't tell them how I got them. I simply tell them to try it on, and if they like it, 👍 then they keep them, if not, they can leave them. This way, no stress! I definitely wash everything before they get to try them on.
Well, there could be much more re-bought at Goodwill and Thrift if they weren't trying to get high $$$$ prices. Used to be able to go thrifting all over town, all Saturday long. But now, donations for free to the Goodwill are $5, $10, $20, and more. What cheaters!!!!
New clothes fall apart so easily now. I bought a pair of Levis and took them home and the zipper wasn't even attached. I took them back the next day and bought some used ones from Goodwill for a third of the price. It's ridiculous! There are some companies that turn textile waste into insulation. That makes tons of sense to me.
I tend to keep my clothes for years and don’t invest in any items that get out of fashion right away, but clothes have been declining rapidly in quality in the last two decades. I still have my 15-year old sweaters, yet I throw away new ones after 1-2 years because of what they have become. Yet these are the same brands I bought 20 years ago. :( Makes me really sad that companies allowed quality to go that much down
What saddens me is we have to enact laws to get any business, person, entity, to help preserve our country for future generations. Still all about money and profit.
The upcoming Super Bowl and other sports championships are going to waste millions of dollars on mass production of sports athletic apparel with "the championship winners" name and year. It that team doesn't win the final game, then they previously exported that to waste to Brown and Black foreign countries.
Spectator sports in general is just profoundly wasteful. Imagine if we took all that time and money and diverted it to things like science and helping the needy. If Americans spent all that time watching sports playing sports instead, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic.
Along with mountains of horrible fast fashion. It is despicable to take advantage of their financial hardship in order to cheaply offload the negative consequences of over consumption. As I understand it, a lot of the crappier clothing ends up in landfill.
Why do you have to say brown and black countries? There are white people who are poor in the US and Europe. Eastern European people also take these clothes.
Someone is indoctrinated with the racist card. "Brown and Black foreign countries." You even felt the need to capitalize the color names. My guess is you do not capitalize the W in white, do you.
This is to make greedy corporations accountable. All the polyester crap they shove into people ends up in landfills across the globe (the US dumps much of in in poor countries), polluting the rivers, streams, and lakes.
The people of California rank 48 in education. They need all the direction they can get. No thinking required. Government controls their minds. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of second hand stores, as well as donation centers throughout the State.
Maybe stop the clothing industry from making billions of new pieces of clothing per year! They flood the market with new styles daily and we as consumers need to stop shopping and buying so many clothes!
I was thinking the same. Cars have a similar issue: every year every model has some little tweak to justify bringing out a new model every year. What would be the problem, if the global industry would come together and say they will all bring out new models every three years. But they would ALL have to agree.
@@CRAFT7445 you are right, the market is full of new ideas and when you buy the latest and greatest thing by the time you get home they have a new and up graded model on the market already, we buy alot of things second hand and it serves the purpose, it doesn't always need to be new and shiny to work
@@teddypierce6871 what’s wrong with Ghanians getting free clothes from America? No shipping fees or greenhouse emissions to send the worn clothes from America to Ghana by throwing them into the ocean. Plus the Ghanians get artificial sea barriers to protect themselves from tsunamis. Seems like a win-win.
This policy misunderstands economics and personal responsibility. Forcing textile companies to manage products "from start to finish" shifts accountability from consumers to businesses, distorting the market. It will raise prices, stifle innovation, and hurt small businesses while benefiting large corporations. Markets already address waste through thriving secondhand economies. Government mandates only create inefficiencies and harm consumers, especially the poor. Education and market-driven solutions, not overregulation, are the real answers to reducing waste.
@@iello911 It's not "nonsense" just because it challenges your assumptions. Economic reality doesn’t bend to emotional arguments or wishful thinking. If you can point to a flaw in the logic or the evidence, feel free, but shouting "stop spamming" won’t make the facts go away. The reality remains: heavy-handed regulation in California or anywhere else will drive up costs, force more production overseas, and hurt the very consumers these policies claim to protect. Ignoring basic economic principles and resorting to name-calling instead of engaging with the argument only highlights the weakness of your position. Ideas should be debated with reason and evidence, not dismissed with empty outrage. If you’ve got a counterpoint grounded in facts, let’s hear it. Otherwise, the truth stands.
Now the textile companies in California will move somewhere else to make their clothes. This past year many local clothing manufactures in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County have shut down permanently. They can't compete with foreign clothing manufactures who are not subjected to a growing list of business expenses in California.
I where things until they must be thrown away. That being said fast fashion makes it very difficult to wear anything for any amount of time. The fabric used by even the companies that used to be quality is so bad that you can't get any real wear out of the clothes anymore.
I could be wrong, but it seems like these regulations work great for large corporations and small businesses can't possibly compete. I don't think most people really see this. If large clothing companies helped lobby this law, that would be telling. But, most people wouldn't dare risk being wrong about their viewpoints and don't care.
My daughter and I get trash bags full of clothes from friends, we each pick 2 or 3 items. Then we donate clothes to the Food Pantry or thrift stores. I buy maybe 5 new items in a year - a pair of shoes or underwear. My daughter is 48 and disabled. I'm buying her a winter coat. Tina, Al's wife
A couple of months ago I found a dirty old funky sweatshirt that one of my ex-husbands I’m guessing hung up on a rack in Macy’s basement in Downtown Chicago, no doubt replacing it with a new clean one. I told the clerk about it and added, “All you guys have to do is clean it and slap a Macy’s Seal of Approval on it and someone will buy it thinking that it was a cute vintage look sweatshirt.” She laughed but thought it was a good idea.
This is a great idea but.. I think people would thrift more if recycle store weren’t charging prices as if these clothes were new Seriously..I live in LA and for the last decade, you go into a thrift store and something will have a new original tag on it and it is being sold for more than it did at target pr Walmart..come on now
@Joegreen-r1i Government regulations are not solutions. This is just "feel good" non-sense that will do nothing but drive up costs and force people to find work arounds.
I've been buying 98% of my clothes 2nd hand since I was 15, for 45 years! Coats, furniture, dishes, books, shoes. But now the prices there are so high, even that's too expensive for people struggling. Especially given the quality. Good and high quality clothes get snapped up by sellers, furniture too! What's left is very rarely worth the price! 😢😢😢
It is cheaper to buy a new one instead of having it repaired, drop off boxes would work as long as they give them for free to people in need instead of making some else rich with your used clothes
Pass a law to stop charging sales tax on second hand items.
Seems like that might be a good idea. Sometimes ideas have unintended consequences, but even if they lowered the sales tax on them, that might be good.
You could have stopped after tax
Exactly !
Also one that removes mandatory tips. The food industry is a joke with tips
that's great idea
This isn't how it works. First you wear them out, then you wear them around the house, then they become pajamas. Finally, they become cleaning and car rags, and then they go into the trash.
The cycle of life
😮😂 I like the way u think 👍!
True
Me too by the time I'm done with them they weren't close anymore
That would be me! 😅
Sadly, thrift stores are charging higher prices than normal too now. So a lot of people can't even afford their prices in this economy.
Thrift store prices have been going up for years because of resellers. It hurts people like me who can only afford to shop at thrift stores
You can blame that on the resellers who couldn't keep their pie holes shut. I had no problem with resellers but then they just had to brag and post it on social media and ruin thrifting
Rent is driving everything else up along with it
@elizabethchase6528
Business property rents, and business taxes.
@SewingBoxDesigns rent is the most out of control.... Small business can't afford to pay exorbitant rent for private/business properties
My problem is that clothes made today are constructed so poorly you can't recycle them. After a number of washes they start to fall apart.
All my stuff is then used as rags
And all those micro plastics and synthetics go straight into the ocean...
cloths are made from nylons and acrylic.. made in ??
Where do you buy your clothes? How do you take care of them? I got shirts that are years old and look and feel normal. I dont believe you.
Recycling is NOT reusing or upcycling! Also this law probably will incentivise manufacturers to make more sturdy products.
Then you might wanna talk to all those rich people who never wear the same outfit twice...
Like Zuckerberg and Gates?
Kardashian syndrome.
Are you for real?? That's a pretty broad declaration to be making, where are you facts to prove such a grand statement?? Your petty begrudging and blaming of "the rich" is childish and kommie-ish, grow up.
Tell the Luxury Stores and Rich people to donate to Divine Diva Studios and I will accept all the new clothing in the California stores!!
Their top donors.
I still wear clothes from 20 years ago
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Levis last virtually forever if you treat them right!
It was made out of fabric back then. Now it's all plastic.
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Exactly this. I have sweaters, shirts.... not so much pants.... from 20, 25, 30+ years ago.... Sweaters I wore in high school still no tears, no holes, still in good condition... same with shirts I bought for my honeymoon
I'd like it if the clothes made now were thicker and stronger like they were 20 years ago.
Nah - 45 years ago.
Thicker clothes just in time for global warming! 🤗
They do make good quality clothes today. But you won’t find them at Walmart.
There are only 2 reasons that men get rid of clothing. 1: It's worn out. 2: They died.
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Or does not fit
Facts!
Minimalism and decluttering have been quite popular in recent years. I have a lot of clothing that I *should* get rid of because it doesn't fit me, but I'm too frugal to part with it for free and I don't have enough time to sell it.
Cradle to grave is what it's called.
So what’s missing from this report is the added cost for this program and how it will be passed on to the consumer.
Still cheaper than pollution and forever plastics in the water.
Then maybe consumers need to be more concientious of what they buy. Too many people are buying too much clothing. We need to buy less, and it's obvious that clothing manufactuerers couldn't care less about the impact that their business practices have on the environment and society as a whole. It's not fair to those of us who wear our clothes for as long as possible to have to constantly deal with the fallout caused by people who over-consume.
@@punkagrrlzero If the garment isn't noticably cheaper at the point of sale for me, I'm not going to bother with it.
Maybe consumers will give more thought when they a purchasing clothes. I mean like how many pairs of shoes and dresses do you really need.
What about us consumers who make careful purchases and never participated in fast fashion? Why should we pay for what others did?
Recycling for packaging is a joke. 90% of the stuff put in recycled bins never gets recycled - it gets put in landfills.
Bruh, chill. They’re working on it.
How about government funds clothing recycle centers in low-cost housing areas by hiring homeless and requiring trash companies stop landfilling our clothes?
@@andreirachkoWorking on it? recycling started in the early 70s, you think they’d have it perfected by now
@ China is quite advanced in recycling, and so we were shipping most of our recyclable trash there. But then China banned trash imports (in 2017 I believe) and so now we’re stuck figuring it out from scratch. Sooo, recycling only really strayed since the aforementioned China ban, so go figure.
I mean, you're not wrong but I fail to see why you're bringing that up here.
The realty is that poor people don’t throw away clothes without consideration like rich people do! Then some of these rich people in power thought of such a solution that makes themselves feel better with a “good intention” while hurting the hard working people even more at the same time.
That is the truth. Rich people do not face the same problems we do or even understand how hard it is
I wear stuff till it's pretty worn out. Then they make good dust, cleaning rags.
@@richardbishop8666 Surplus clothing is not just a problem of the rich.
The problem is how low quality most fast fashion is. It's cheap, disposable, not worth repairing, unless you do it yourself, and only lasts a few years, at most, before it turns into rags or trash.
@@richardbishop8666No, I am middle class and I throw out clothes if it isn’t easy to donate (like a clothing bin nearby) because my house is a cluster duck and need to
Make room for more “stuffs” I do t need. Our economy runs on continued over consumption . Very sad and dirty for planet
Not buying helps more.
perfect. recycling clothes is great
Unless you work in that industry. Not going to restaurants helps reduce food waste, also.
My clothes are decades old so I’m doing my part.
Bet you smell like low tide then.
Good for you…..That means you have stayed the same size….
@@EDMbeatboxer That was stupid and rude. The clothes get washed carefully, and not dried in a dryer. The wool blazers get dry cleaned. Younger people don't know anything about good fabrics.
Ya know, if they added seamstresses to department stores so they could fix torn clothing or resize things, it could increase foot traffic, reduce waste, and add company profits.
Love this idea!
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As a professional seamstress, no. Take it to a dry cleaner if they offer repairs. Fixing rags is often impossible and people don't want to pay for the work. 25$ to repair a 7$ t shirt.
No, that won't work because they'll want $45 an hr plus benefits and no one's gonna wanna pay $60 to mend a tear or replace a button when a new garment costs the same amount.
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you'll find cheaper clothes at walmart than thriftstores
I have some amazing clothes from Walmart that will last for years.
For sure! I bought same vase @ walmart, way cheaper than thrift store, like come on people!
@@JonesGermanni sweatshop labor for the win! 🥳
because thrift store is a for profit company, with low wage.
Not true, goodwill is still cheaper. You tried it lol
I stopped buying clothes, mostly because everything now is made of synthetic fibers and I can't stand it on my skin. Cotton=made is impossible to find unless it is a blend of polyester.
You can still find all cotton but it takes some searching and is generally more expensive.
I love cotton clothes. Nothing else feels "right".
@doug6259 You're right.
I have never thrown clothes away. Ive given them away.
Then you're already in compliance with the new law.
As my elders used to say: "use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without".
If clothing manufacturers must do it, then so should automobile, electronics and other manufacturers. Any industry that promotes consumerism should be required to provide recycling.
Yes this right here absolutely needs to be done
It will be a real cash cow for them too, as they'll just pass the costs on to the consumer.
When in doubt, pass a law.
Yeah i demand McDonalds is required to recycle the cheese burger I ate last night when I’m done digesting it ! 💩
I believe this is the rule in Germany. Who better to get rid of things than pros, their manufacturers? My municipality wants to make me the recycling guru. It’s their job, not mine. And if they want to work with manufacturers, even better.
But cars and appliances are now deliberately engineered to have a limited life and die, so they can sell you a new one.
I haven't bought over priced clothes in years its a damn waste of money
Thrift stores. Donated clothing. I just buy shoes because it's impossible to wear the pair I really want. Shoes are very particular especially size.
@ManChan-w5p I agree although, Goodwill is now over priced and asking new retail prices for some used items. Their higher management and CEO make ridiculous salaries.
@M.J.212 absolutely! Damn the blame goes on that new CEO at goodwill id rather go to local thrift stores
same fruit of the loom tops and Amazon essential jeans from now on 😅
Right there with ya! Like everything in life, it's what you need, not what you want. Rich families make me sick how they brag about needing a walk in closet because they have so many shoes and clothes. I have a family member that has always thrown new shoes, clothes, home decor, and kids clothes in the trash because they just keep spending. I'm a Grandma, I pull things out of their trash, clean it, and take it to a thrift store or Goodwill. Once upon a Child in Michigan gives you excellent money for clothes and toys. I get in store credit and buy new items they might need at Grandma's 😊
I’m a sewing teacher and there are students that want to learn but don’t have the discretionary income to invest on new textiles and notions. I always encourage students to think outside the box. Some thrift stores carry fabric of course but you can also buy a sheet, curtain, tablecloth or another clothing item and reinvent it. We have a few local stores that donate yardage to the program but students could really use more and maybe this new program could help.
Stop demanding pay & benefit increases & maybe you will get your wish. Nope went to athletics again.
As a sewer/sewist for 60+ years, I have tons of unused great fabrics that I need to donate somewhere. Would this be of useful value to you and your students or a theater dept.? If you think it could be used or have any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.
Back in the 70's (😅) a friend and I took the legs of old blue jeans and made purses. The top part into hobo bags. Your students could do the same and even sell them for fund raising😊
Where I live we have "free stores". You bring in used clothing, housewares, etc.. and you can take what you want or need. It's a great program and I haven't bought new clothes or housewares in years now.
That's awesome!
Demand places like Walmart don’t cut up perfectly fine clothing & instead donate them…
They're are so many nursing homes who's residents would gladly take 2nd hand clothes in good condition! Along with low income seniors, families and children. Plus, homeless people would gladly take good used sweaters, jackets, pants, etc! I remember seeing a news report on nursing homes in the Boston area and the woman had on an old worn out dress😢and old shoes. Put the used clothing to good use and give it to those who need it❤❤❤❤❤
Great idea! Call your local nursing homes and ask if they would accept 2nd hand clothes for their residents!
Great great idea
The state with the biggest problems continues to ignore those while mandating companies to spend money solving non-issues.
I give my old clothes to homeless bums👕and they throw them away
Worrying about trans athletes is a non problem
This is one dumb law but that's California for you.
It’s the most populous state too. CA gets the criticism because they take initiatives, for better or worse. No one else is in their position. Let them utilize their money as they choose.
What ever happened to passing clothes down to younger siblings, cousins or friends? That used to be the normal way of recycling. People also took better care of their clothes and didn't buy what they didn't need. The media ads are the ones setting the styles and telling you that you have to have this or that - which you don't. And those styles change frequently.
Dressing to impress or please people you don't even care about is beyond silly.
Salvation Army prices are higher than other re sale stores 😢
You got that right! I used to shop Salvation Army for clothes for my grandkids. Now I only go on Wed bc it's 1\2 off all clothing. If I'm paying $4 for a pair of 2T pants, I'll go to Wal-Mart and get brand new for the same price. I still buy purses and books there, but that's about it.
But should go down now
Cheap fast fashion made in cheap labor countries with mediocre quality. A $9.00 sweater won’t last and that’s what manufacturers bank on with the consumer. They don’t care how many items are thrown away as long as consumers buy more.
Why are the textile companies responsible? The public needs to be responsible they own the clothing.
Because it’s California. Imposing misguided solutions to imaginary problems and calling it “progress” is what they do.
I watched a video on this and the waste the companies have. They change styles more than ever and end up with tons of product in their warehouses. We ship used clothing in bundles overseas and it ends up in huge piles of trash. There is just too much of it. So basically they have a hand in it and we do too. I didn’t realize the issues until I researched more.
because you want some unified framework to recycle. Similar to food waste system in US, if you expect each person to do so, won't happen due to lack of scale.
I agree
In the 50s, we had ways of dealing with this. Clothing was never discarded, even when there was no recycling. It was called "hand-me downs.
They should have tax deductions for vintage shops and second-hand store owners and on sales.
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That's a good idea
Encourage US businesses to make money rather than China and other sweat factory countries.
Pretty sure Salvation Army and GoodWill do get tax write offs, despite their high prices for used take out food boxes. 😂
They will just charge more
Better textiles and a complete ban on polyester should be used by clothing makers to produce higher-quality clothing. That would significantly cut down on waste.
Banning polyester and mandating "better textiles" misunderstands both market dynamics and consumer needs. Polyester exists because it’s versatile, affordable, and durable, making clothing accessible to millions. Forcing a shift to more expensive textiles raises costs for manufacturers and consumers, disproportionately harming low-income families.
And really increase cost to consumers !! The will then be forced to buy from vendors/manufacturing from places like India , China , Vietnam , Philippines , others. California will go multinational for clothing manufacturers , to collect ?? I don't see that happening , to costly.
@@EthelMaeHenderson spoke like a true fossil fuel supporter. Please educate yourself and then come back.
100 agree. Polyester is bad for environment and our bodies too. So hard to find anything these days without polyester
@@thesink5723 This argument misses a key economic point: consumers already gravitate toward goods from places like India, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines because those countries produce at lower costs. What’s driving that trend isn’t some future California policy but basic market forces-people buy what’s affordable. Artificially increasing costs through regulation in the name of sustainability will only accelerate this trend, making local manufacturers even less competitive.
The idea that California could "go multinational" to somehow benefit from overseas manufacturing is misguided. Manufacturing doesn’t magically enrich governments; it enriches those who produce efficiently and at scale. California won’t collect any meaningful revenue from this shift, but it will drive businesses out of the state and leave consumers stuck paying higher prices for fewer choices. Low-income families, who can’t afford boutique "local" options, will suffer the most.
The irony is that this policy, likely designed to promote sustainability and fairness, will instead offshore more production to countries with far lower environmental and labor standards. You’ll get more pollution, not less, and fewer jobs in California. Real progress comes from innovation and market-driven solutions, not top-down mandates that ignore basic economic realities.
One more law to give incentive for Californians to leave the state!
Cut up my old clothes to clean the house or as a rag during car maintenance
Thrift stores are getting picky and will not take many of the clothes brought. Not taken clothing may be a problem.
Also, some "poor" countries no longer want another countries unwanted clothes.
Yeah, what happened with that? They used to graciously accept any donations now they are very picky and selective. I've had to throw stuff in the dumpster because places won't take it.
@@snoozeflu because most of the clothes are made of polyester and are torn or stained. Developing countries are then stuck with mountains of garbage. Most homeless shelters accept donations year round. Animal shelters accept clean blankets and towels.
Poor countries? Lol, have you been to the south? There's plenty of extreme poverty in the US
Have
You
Ever taken a walk around San Francisco?
I’ve walked around San Francisco
People would still have enough clothes to wear for the rest of their lives if they just stop buying clothes today
I still wear a jean vest I bought at a Marshall’s in San Jose, California in 1993. I was a freshman in hs.
Good for you. Just wear other clothes with the vest. Please
Ffs...as usual, Cali worrying about the wrong damn things.
Worrying about “waste” that ends up in land fills, our ocean, on our beaches, harming wildlife, etc … that’s worrying about the wrong things???? Dude. You weren’t paying attention to the bigger picture.
Waste that ends up in hoarder house holds.
I make bags, rugs, and rags out of old clothes
Most of my clothes aren’t made in the USA 0:59 not sure how they can be held responsible, can’t even give workers living wages
It’s another useless CA law.
Even with foreign made goods the State of Kalifornia will find someway to hold some local business responsible and then tax the hell of of them.
I was thinking the same thing! How will Shein be held accountable?
She’s referring to the sellers.
A lot of new clothes are made with cheap fabric with low thread
count. They are falling apart in a few years.
The cotton fibers are also too short. That’s why it gets holes.
Kohls here in Southern California have clothing recycling bins in the front of their stores. Great idea!
The cost will simply be passed on to the consumer.
Was cost the point? We already get most things cheaper than everywhere else. More concerned about endless landfills and garbage islands (sorry Manhattan 😂)
Similar to tariffs, right?
@M.J.212
No...
Tariffs are more of a bargaining tool, other countries like China import much more to the U.S than we export to China costing china much more $$.
Trump will put a 15% tariff on American companies manufacturing in China while giving the American companies a 15% tax break if they return manufacturing to America creating more American jobs.
One example, in his first term Trump put tariffs on imported washing machines which created 1800 U.S jobs at Whirlpool.
And how many billions did he have to give to the farmers again remind me please. I don't think 1800 jobs offsets that.
@@deadname... The self proclaimed stable genus wants to apply tariffs to our 3 leading trade partners we import the vast majority of our products from, Trump bold faced lied about China paying the tariffs, consumers pay for the additional costs of business that's Capitalism 101.
We need to teach people how to sew again.. I lost my husband last year, a friend and his girlfriends ( older generation) took all my husbands dress shirts and flannel shirts ( 2 storage totes) cut them in to squares and shapes and made the most beautiful quilt I have ever seen. They did this in their spare time in the winter, he works full time and in the warmer months they are busy with gardening and fishing but yeah they made at least 2 quilts one for me, one for his daughter out of her favorite old tshirts. Now imagine setting old up time factories with sewing machines and sorting out materials by type and making blankets or quilts instead of buying them from overseas where they are making them out of new material. I use to make blue jean purses from old jeans the top part, so I had a lot of "legs" left right? I cut them in to long squares and sewed them together to make a couch throw. Nothing went to waste or ended up in the landfill. Old holey socks or mismatched ones? Can be turned in to household cleaning rags. Old towels that are thread bare ? Cut them in to squares, hem them with crochet yarn and boom you know have free wash cloths or cleaning rags. There is so much we could be doing to stop over producing and putting stuff in the landfills. Tshirts can also be cut in to long strips, crocheted together and made in to throw rugs I've done that before too. We can do better for our environment. Anna In Ohio
I don't know how to use a sewing machine but I knit really well. Maybe they can process the material back down to strands of yarn. I'd use it for knitting if it didn't cost more than yarn. (which is pretty expensive these days).
There only so much one person can do. Homemade dinner, homemade furniture, homemade clothes, homemade everything. I suggest finding some friends who share this passion and find eachothers strengths and swap products between the families.
Hold consumers responsible, too. We buy too much stuff we dont need with money we dont have. Most of it ends up in landfills.
This video provided ZERO information. OK so there's a law that requires companies to do something. But what does that mean for the consumer? What are we supposed to do and how? Will we get fined? How is this law supposed to work? How about some details? What a useless video.
Patagonia
This “news report” was nothing but a free advertisement for a store in the suburbs.
Biggest problem is that they see us as an income stream so they make subpar products that wear out from inferior materials that are poorly made. Car manufacturers, everything is made to break now and not to last. THAT should be mandated. I don't mind paying ten bucks for a Tshirt now instead of five or seven if it will LAST. I'm sooo sick of buying new clothes.
I'd like to know where to recycle my clothes after they wear out. If they aren't good enough use anymore, how do I recycle them?
Just sounds like another California law that will be responsible for increasing the cost of living.
They did this recently with mattresses, i bought a brand new mattress and was charged a 32 dollar " disposal fee" , besides "surcharge " or "junk fees" for it's end of life 20 years from now
I send all of our used clothing to relatives in the Philippines!
In Medieval times, clothing was gathered, pulverized and rewoven into cloth for clothing....all done by private enterprise. The issue is so many garments are synthetic blends, this may be hard to do.
But I'm sure we can figure out a way.
I’ve never understood why people throw away clothing. When you buy a new outfit your old best outfit becomes street wear. Your old street wear becomes indoor clothing. Your old indoor clothing is used for chores until it wears out. When a garment is faded and full of holes you cut it into squares to use for dusting and cleaning
Goodwill, Salvation Army, and thrift stores should be at the forefront of this type of policy, with the removal of taxing secondhand clothing.
I lived in an apartment and lazy people just tossed their stuff away when they moved or even changed room decor. They were just lazy. Those lazy people will still same thing with all the clothing donations boxes we already have in the area. I saw cute blankets and curtains just tossed.
Just wash them and keep them.
Also makes great gifts 🎁 too!
I get free children's clothing and gift it to my nieces. I don't tell them how I got them. I simply tell them to try it on, and if they like it, 👍 then they keep them, if not, they can leave them. This way, no stress! I definitely wash everything before they get to try them on.
Well, there could be much more re-bought at Goodwill and Thrift if they weren't trying to get high $$$$ prices. Used to be able to go thrifting all over town, all Saturday long. But now, donations for free to the Goodwill are $5, $10, $20, and more. What cheaters!!!!
New clothes fall apart so easily now. I bought a pair of Levis and took them home and the zipper wasn't even attached. I took them back the next day and bought some used ones from Goodwill for a third of the price. It's ridiculous! There are some companies that turn textile waste into insulation. That makes tons of sense to me.
I tend to keep my clothes for years and don’t invest in any items that get out of fashion right away, but clothes have been declining rapidly in quality in the last two decades. I still have my 15-year old sweaters, yet I throw away new ones after 1-2 years because of what they have become. Yet these are the same brands I bought 20 years ago. :( Makes me really sad that companies allowed quality to go that much down
I am realizing that about towels.
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It would be great if this was applied to many other “throw away” industries.
Goodwill stores are a rip off, selling overpriced used clothing, that was DONATED.
Another law WERE FORCING YOU TO DO
"Recycling" was a way of life for the middle and lower classes.
What saddens me is we have to enact laws to get any business, person, entity, to help preserve our country for future generations. Still all about money and profit.
CA will figure in an extra tax, regulations, fines. They've other serious issues, like crime.
Next will be a recycling fee tax just like there is on plastic bottles
The upcoming Super Bowl and other sports championships are going to waste millions of dollars on mass production of sports athletic apparel with "the championship winners" name and year. It that team doesn't win the final game, then they previously exported that to waste to Brown and Black foreign countries.
Spectator sports in general is just profoundly wasteful. Imagine if we took all that time and money and diverted it to things like science and helping the needy. If Americans spent all that time watching sports playing sports instead, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic.
Along with mountains of horrible fast fashion. It is despicable to take advantage of their financial hardship in order to cheaply offload the negative consequences of over consumption. As I understand it, a lot of the crappier clothing ends up in landfill.
Why do you have to say brown and black countries? There are white people who are poor in the US and Europe. Eastern European people also take these clothes.
Someone is indoctrinated with the racist card. "Brown and Black foreign countries." You even felt the need to capitalize the color names. My guess is you do not capitalize the W in white, do you.
How about making crime illegal again
Yep, they're finally doing that too. Prop 36, ever heard of it?
@@sakitoby1581yup a piece of paper.
@Oingoboingo528 No, a new felony law. Research it.
We send old clothes to mexico where my grandma gives it away to ppl in need . There are options to not be wasteful, just takes some effort
Wonder if all that old fabric could be shredded up and introduced into house insulation . . .
They already do that with jeans.
Or use it for power generation.
Cotton has the unfortunate tendency to hold moisture. It wouldn't make good house insulation. But it certainly can be used in other ways.❤
Micromanaging gone insane! How could it even be enforced?
Key word in California MANDATORY what else will be mandatory? California is poster child for communism !
Why do people want to have a government with that much control over them?
This is to make greedy corporations accountable. All the polyester crap they shove into people ends up in landfills across the globe (the US dumps much of in in poor countries), polluting the rivers, streams, and lakes.
The people of California rank 48 in education. They need all the direction they can get. No thinking required. Government controls their minds. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of second hand stores, as well as donation centers throughout the State.
Because they never learned to think for themselves and like being told what to do.
Thanks I live in San Fran Colorado. Brainwashing from pre,-k to college has had an effect. Every year they have become worse.
@@American-Recreationist another graduate from trump university here.
Maybe stop the clothing industry from making billions of new pieces of clothing per year! They flood the market with new styles daily and we as consumers need to stop shopping and buying so many clothes!
I was thinking the same. Cars have a similar issue: every year every model has some little tweak to justify bringing out a new model every year. What would be the problem, if the global industry would come together and say they will all bring out new models every three years. But they would ALL have to agree.
@@CRAFT7445 you are right, the market is full of new ideas and when you buy the latest and greatest thing by the time you get home they have a new and up graded model on the market already, we buy alot of things second hand and it serves the purpose, it doesn't always need to be new and shiny to work
Look at Ghana's issue with clothing piling up on their beaches thanks to the USA.
Are Americans throwing clothes in the ocean? Where is this happening?
@@teddypierce6871 what’s wrong with Ghanians getting free clothes from America? No shipping fees or greenhouse emissions to send the worn clothes from America to Ghana by throwing them into the ocean. Plus the Ghanians get artificial sea barriers to protect themselves from tsunamis. Seems like a win-win.
That will work as good as plastic recycling!
Ideas so good they must be mandated.
With all the problems in California, this is what they regulate. 🙄
Discourage fast fashion
California has such good ideas, we have to make them mandatory.
This policy misunderstands economics and personal responsibility. Forcing textile companies to manage products "from start to finish" shifts accountability from consumers to businesses, distorting the market. It will raise prices, stifle innovation, and hurt small businesses while benefiting large corporations. Markets already address waste through thriving secondhand economies. Government mandates only create inefficiencies and harm consumers, especially the poor. Education and market-driven solutions, not overregulation, are the real answers to reducing waste.
STOP SPAMMING THIS NONSENSE!
What do you expect from California?
@@iello911 It's not "nonsense" just because it challenges your assumptions. Economic reality doesn’t bend to emotional arguments or wishful thinking. If you can point to a flaw in the logic or the evidence, feel free, but shouting "stop spamming" won’t make the facts go away.
The reality remains: heavy-handed regulation in California or anywhere else will drive up costs, force more production overseas, and hurt the very consumers these policies claim to protect. Ignoring basic economic principles and resorting to name-calling instead of engaging with the argument only highlights the weakness of your position. Ideas should be debated with reason and evidence, not dismissed with empty outrage. If you’ve got a counterpoint grounded in facts, let’s hear it. Otherwise, the truth stands.
Spoken like a good little worker. Is there any capitalist myth you haven't swallowed whole?
Now the textile companies in California will move somewhere else to make their clothes. This past year many local clothing manufactures in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County have shut down permanently. They can't compete with foreign clothing manufactures who are not subjected to a growing list of business expenses in California.
I where things until they must be thrown away. That being said fast fashion makes it very difficult to wear anything for any amount of time. The fabric used by even the companies that used to be quality is so bad that you can't get any real wear out of the clothes anymore.
Yes t-shirts are so thin. Even men's are somewhat. Men's clothes should last forever for a woman. Cotton T-shirts. Jeans.
Excellent points! Unless its high-end clothing, the materials and craftsmanship are garbage and have no long-time value.
I’m having a clothes swap. It’s free. Also buy quality natural fiber clothing. It last longer and biodegrades. Stop buying polyester crap.
Hopefully this will encourage companies to produce sturdier, more long-lasting products.
I could be wrong, but it seems like these regulations work great for large corporations and small businesses can't possibly compete. I don't think most people really see this. If large clothing companies helped lobby this law, that would be telling. But, most people wouldn't dare risk being wrong about their viewpoints and don't care.
They used to use worn textiles to make paper.
My daughter and I get trash bags full of clothes from friends, we each pick 2 or 3 items. Then we donate clothes to the Food Pantry or thrift stores. I buy maybe 5 new items in a year - a pair of shoes or underwear. My daughter is 48 and disabled. I'm buying her a winter coat. Tina, Al's wife
A couple of months ago I found a dirty old funky sweatshirt that one of my ex-husbands I’m guessing hung up on a rack in Macy’s basement in Downtown Chicago, no doubt replacing it with a new clean one. I told the clerk about it and added, “All you guys have to do is clean it and slap a Macy’s Seal of Approval on it and someone will buy it thinking that it was a cute vintage look sweatshirt.” She laughed but thought it was a good idea.
This is a great idea but..
I think people would thrift more if recycle store weren’t charging prices as if these clothes were new
Seriously..I live in LA and for the last decade, you go into a thrift store and something will have a new original tag on it and it is being sold for more than it did at target pr Walmart..come on now
That hissing sound is more business leaving California
Quiz:
1. Companies will lose profit.
2. Companies will increase prices to offset the cost, maybe even add bit more to profit.
Just don't wear clothes 😂
Mandatory would make me do nothing but if you ask i might but don't make do anything.
We don't need more regulation to increase prices.
Well if people were responsible no we wouldn't need more regulation. The clothes wouldn't be in the waste stream would they.
@Joegreen-r1i Government regulations are not solutions. This is just "feel good" non-sense that will do nothing but drive up costs and force people to find work arounds.
@Joegreen-r1i that goes for everything. So government takes advantage of irresponsible people to force more taxes
The one and only thing I agree with California.
The reason I throw away clothing its because ots made so cheaply that tears on the 3rd wash
How about forcing people to recycle all their consumption goods.
I've been buying 98% of my clothes 2nd hand since I was 15, for 45 years! Coats, furniture, dishes, books, shoes. But now the prices there are so high, even that's too expensive for people struggling. Especially given the quality. Good and high quality clothes get snapped up by sellers, furniture too! What's left is very rarely worth the price! 😢😢😢
Smaller community based thrift stores are usually better. Garage and estate sales are good too.
I will never donate clothes or anything anymore because of this crap right here
The dress pants 👖 my dad bought me for my grams funeral in 2007 are going strong even as we speak. I think it was value city.
It is cheaper to buy a new one instead of having it repaired, drop off boxes would work as long as they give them for free to people in need instead of making some else rich with your used clothes