How fast fashion adds to the world's clothing waste problem (Marketplace)

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we used to pass it on to our families and relatives ....

This series is eye-opening, I cried when I saw all that clothing on the streets of Kenya. Plus, this reminded me of my great-grandmother's wedding dress, which years later was redesigned to be my grandmother's prom dress, the rest of the fabric the seamstress made handkerchiefs for my grandfather. Years later the same dress was redesigned and my mom used it for her wedding. Last week my sister wore the same dress to her academic award ceremony. After grandpa died, the handkerchiefs were given to my dad. (They still look brand new). Perhaps, if more people could reuse and redesign their clothing and hand it down the world and people would feel proud.

People really be out there buying clothing like washing machines don't exist

I'm 24 and I still wear the same clothes from when I was 16.

Wish they mentioned the harsh toxic chemicals in fast fashion clothing (absorbed by skin) & the horrible treatment of factory workers ✔️

Minimalism and frugality are the answer. Less consumption means less production and less waste.

“In the era of fast fashion there’s more unwanted clothes than people in need” Wow, that stroked me quite hardly.

I hate going to the stores like Forever 21 or H&M and theres SOO much selection with cheap material it overwhelming for me, now when I pass it all i'll think about how much of those clothes are going to end up in landfill.

I haven't bought any new clothes in close to a year now. Trying to buy second hand as much as I can (exept underware). Better for my wallet, better for my environment.

I just deleted a bunch of clothes that i wanted to buy from my favorite online store. Thanks for this informative video. As a side note, my mother travels back to her country in the middle East each year, and she personally goes to underprivileged villages to donate the clothes, DIRECTLY to the families who are I need. They become so happy and are appreciative. So I agree: If you personally know someone who is in NEED, donate to them directly. But of course, the 1st step is not to allow capitalism to steal our money or ethics, in the 1st Place. Peace to all♡

Our parents still have clothes from when they were my age. The clothes you get now don’t even last a year.

As someone who works in a large chain thrift store, watching pieces like this just make me shake my head when people say they feel fine with donating clothes with holes or broken zippers or huge stains. Who will want to buy them? You just want your trash out of your house but don’t want the guilt of throwing it away yourself, so you give it to us to throw away for you so that you can feel good about donating. If you have clothes of organic materials like 100% cotton, you may be able to compost them. You could cut a stained shirt into cleaning cloths. These days you can make cloth masks from old clothes that maybe a thrift store wouldn’t be able to sell. Reduce your spending first, reuse the clothing as best you can, and recycle / donate whatever is fit for someone else to wear. Also, love seeing Elizabeth Cline in videos like these. Her book “Overdressed” made a cameo here and is well worth the read.

Goodwill has to lower their prices until they can MOVE all that stuff out. There ARE people who can use it, but the prices are still too high.

While it still takes 12 years to recycle what retailers sell in 24 hours, there's no cure but to stop buying clothes for the sake of buying

Being poor actually made me wear clothes that are hand me downs and thrifted.

I grew up wearing mostly thrifted and handmade clothes. As an adult I still wear mostly thrifted and handmade clothing. Good for my budget and good for the environment. In the last couple of years I have started donating fewer clothes. Instead I hang onto anything that still has nice fabric for cutting up and using as material for future projects. I used my daughter's outgrown shirt and a curtain to make a new pinafore dress for her. I cut up my old maternity shirts and made new leggings for my other daughter. New clothes for them at no cost to me and kept those out of the waste cycle.

Also to add some people think they are too good to wear clothes someone else has worn or don’t like the idea someone has worn it. I mean when you go in stores to try clothing on a person has probably tried it on too.

I think the answer is not to buy less clothes or donate your old clothes. I think the lesson is to buy quality garments even if they are more expensive because at the end of the day you wouldn’t want to throw away a 70 dollar t-shirt. So buy less clothes with good quality and that way you won’t have to donate more because the “needy” countries don’t want your clothes they have enough of them.

buy less clothes, but purchase higher quality well made items that are neutral colors and trendless that you wont feel bad wearing again and again