Clothes waste

[Anonymous]

This is pretty shocking. Tens of thousands of tons of tons of new and used clothing, piled in the desert and burned in heaps, releasing toxic fumes.

My kids wear a lot of hand me down clothes but not all. I've purchased some recycled clothes. Now I will make an effort to buy much more clothes that are not new.

https://gizmodo.com/a-mountain-of-used-clothes-appeared-in-chile-s-desert-1851143267

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty shocking. Tens of thousands of tons of tons of new and used clothing, piled in the desert and burned in heaps, releasing toxic fumes.

My kids wear a lot of hand me down clothes but not all. I've purchased some recycled clothes. Now I will make an effort to buy much more clothes that are not new.

https://gizmodo.com/a-mountain-of-used-clothes-appeared-in-chile-s-desert-1851143267

This makes no sense to me. If you want to do something, buy way fewer clothes and keep them a lot longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty shocking. Tens of thousands of tons of tons of new and used clothing, piled in the desert and burned in heaps, releasing toxic fumes.

My kids wear a lot of hand me down clothes but not all. I've purchased some recycled clothes. Now I will make an effort to buy much more clothes that are not new.

https://gizmodo.com/a-mountain-of-used-clothes-appeared-in-chile-s-desert-1851143267

This makes no sense to me. If you want to do something, buy way fewer clothes and keep them a lot longer.

I haven't bought new clothes for myself in years. But at some point my current clothes will wear out and when I get new clothes, I will look at used rather than buying new clothes from a store.

My post wasn't that unclear. Do you buy used clothes or new clothes from a store?

[Anonymous]

I buy a mix of both for me and my kids. My kids were raised on handmedowns and consignment sales and now they are both happy thrifters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty shocking. Tens of thousands of tons of tons of new and used clothing, piled in the desert and burned in heaps, releasing toxic fumes.

My kids wear a lot of hand me down clothes but not all. I've purchased some recycled clothes. Now I will make an effort to buy much more clothes that are not new.

https://gizmodo.com/a-mountain-of-used-clothes-appeared-in-chile-s-desert-1851143267

This makes no sense to me. If you want to do something, buy way fewer clothes and keep them a lot longer.

I haven't bought new clothes for myself in years. But at some point my current clothes will wear out and when I get new clothes, I will look at used rather than buying new clothes from a store.

My post wasn't that unclear. Do you buy used clothes or new clothes from a store?

I buy new clothes and then burn them, just to help you feel better about yourself! You’re welcome.

[Anonymous]

They are being made so buying new or used doesn't matter as much as you think. I don't buy used as the cost is as much as new most of the time.

[Anonymous]

This isn't shocking at all; it's been the obvious result of fast-fashion for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are being made so buying new or used doesn't matter as much as you think. I don't buy used as the cost is as much as new most of the time.

You’re definitely shopping in the wrong places. Or you're comparing good quality used clothing to the very cheapest and flimsiest new clothing.

[Anonymous]

Some of it is counterfeit merchandise. Brands can't allow those goods to exist.

[Anonymous]

Stay away from cheap plastic clothes on Amazon. Returns are just sent to the landfill. Avoid ordering a bunch of stuff planning to try them on and return what you don't like - the whole pile ends up a burning pile of plastic. Buy high quality pieces.

[Anonymous]

I think the key is not buying things and using them for a year or less, not necessarily buying thrift store/consignment clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are being made so buying new or used doesn't matter as much as you think. I don't buy used as the cost is as much as new most of the time.

You’re definitely shopping in the wrong places. Or you're comparing good quality used clothing to the very cheapest and flimsiest new clothing.

I don't care about expensive luxury brands as they are all made in the same factories. I don't want worn-out old clothing on my kids. They outgrow it faster than it gets worn out anyway. If I cannot get it on sale or clearance, or cheaply we don't need it.