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100,000 tons of clothing dumped in Chile's Atacama Desert.
- This is done on a daily basis. It could be worst? They could throw all of the clothing into the ocean with all of the plastic that we already throw in there.utopian
- It could be worse, I suppose - they could be force-feeding it to orphans.Nairn
- Or just lower retail prices and give it to people in need ffs.monospaced
- no. low retail prices produce mass consumption, super low wages in a lot of countries including child work plus more trash, trash, trash.sandpipe
- I think this is disgusting. Just because you're a corporation or whatever, doesn't change the fact that 'away' doesn't exist in the term 'throw it away'.Ianbolton
- if we're expected to tidy our game up and recycle at home, then fuck, the big ones like this should be forced to be so much more responsible.Ianbolton
- <Not quite what it seems. This is a landfill in a place near the port of Iquique. It's been open for ten years and a source of free clothes...Morning_star
- ..for many of the local population which includes migrant workers from Guatamala. It is a godsend to some and an eyesore to others.Morning_star
- Fair enough. This is wrong regardless of solution. Ugh.monospaced
- yeah it's still what it seemsMrT