Drowning in fast fashion.. How Europe’s Used Clothes Fuel a Shadow Trade that Triples Carbon Emissions | ARIJ
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A nine-month cross-border investigation reveals that Europe’s used-clothing system, touted as sustainable, is fueling a hidden, carbon-intensive trade that shifts environmental costs abroad. Through exclusive trade data, a designated carbon footprint analysis, AirTag tracking, and exclusive customs documents, we expose how fast-fashion overproduction, legal loopholes, weak enforcement, and opaque logistics have turned clothing circularity into a climate liability.
  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    So the 2nd hand businesses are overflowing with products?
    I understand that this is problem for the organisations and they will need more funding/income, but what’s the alternative?

    Isn’t it basically good to try to reduce fashion waste?

    Maybe I’ve missed something here, but I don’t really understand/see any proposed solution to this problem.

    Did I miss something?
    Or why is it bad to do 2nd hand fashion business?

    I’m still against fast fashion and would like to see more long living stuff, that doesn’t break down in a year or two.
    But the argument, that 2nd hand businesses are getting too much stuff, isn’t really a good one

    But I’m currently not actually sober and a bit tired, so probably I’m missing the point…

    Can someone enlighten me?