The fast fashion graveyard in Chile's Atacama Desert

[Chippy_Tea]

The world has gone mad.

The second-hand clothing trade is a well-established business in Chile.
Traders import unwanted garments – mainly from Europe and the US - to resell locally and to other Latin American nations.
But more than half of the 60,000 tonnes of clothes imported each year ends up in illegal desert landfills, with dire consequences for the environment and the local community.

 

[sifty]

S'not my fault.
I'm still wearing clothes from 30 yrs ago...

 

[DavidDetroit]

I'm still wearing clothes from 30 yrs ago

I'm stuck in a loop. I wear comfortable clothes, buy the same thing once the things I wear have too many holes to be acceptable.
Saw a t-shirt for $70 once and had to ask my wife what that was about. The thing was already paper thin. I thought it was a joke.
People are ________.

 

[DavidDetroit]

The world has gone mad.

The wife and I call it "ruining Christmas."
Take a positive thing like Christmas and what it basically stands for and then add human greed into the mix. The label, "ruining Christmas" can be applied widely.

 

[Clint]

Atacama desert...there's a multiple radio telescope there listening to the universe. Many years ago at the place I worked we supplied tons and tons of carbon fibre to construct the dishes.A L.M.A...atacama large multiple array.
There's some useless information to brighten up your day. I'm good like that.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

S'not my fault.
I'm still wearing clothes from 30 yrs ago...

Same here.