2026-09-19 09:02 UTC
The studio discussion after the segment is interesting... Shows there is a lot more work to be done!
What I will say is:
1) It is *already* internationally recognised that it makes a massive environmental and social difference where waste ends up - to the extent that legislation exists to stop e.g. the export of plastic waste out of the EU (The Basel Convention is real!) Fashion must not be an excuse for flouting the Basel Convention via the export of dangerous plastic fibres.
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@tansy@wandering.shop 2026-09-19 09:02
2) H&M, Zara, Tesco, Boohoo, Asda, Marks and Spencer, Primark... It is European and British corporations making, and profiting from, this mess. Not India, not Ghana, not Pakistan. You make the mess, you tidy it up. 3) Please can we delete from our brains the idea that exports of worn clothes are any kind of charitable initiative. There is no one happily waiting 'in need' for the 'gift' of anyone's old pants.