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

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10:12 Lady: "At least they're trying?" Old lady: silent and judgmental pause complete with ice cold stare, then remembers it's always good to be nice on camera Yes! 😄

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Message to Goodwill and Value Village: How about charging realistic prices for clothing so you have a higher turnover??? $15.99 for used jeans.....Come on!!! $8 for an old t-shirt?? There is lots of local demand for used clothing they just have to adjust their prices so everyone can afford them.

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.

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

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.

I don't think donors care where their clothes will go. They just want to get rid of them minus the guilt. Even if the retailers secretly threw them to the landfill, hey it's their responsibility now.

This documentary changed my life.

My family and I always buy in thrift stores, unless we can't find it there or it's a specific clothing we need. It's always fun to thrift. There's so much variety and most clothes are quite of high quality. If our clothes get ripped beyond repair, we use it as rags.

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♡

The solution is to make thrift shops clothes under $2... no one wants to pay $20 for a second hand

Always thrift shopping! My favorite clothes are all from goodwill! The only thing I don’t thrift on is my undergarments for sanitary reasons