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Attached: 1 image I did a post about this from a different source back in January. And the problem is not going away. In fact, it’s only getting worse as capitalist industry and advertising continues to cram 'fast fashion' down our throats. _______________________________ The Atacama Desert in Chile has attained a distinction as one of the world’s fastest growing dumps of discarded clothes, thanks to the rapid mass production of inexpensive attire known as fast fashion. The phenomenon has created so much waste that the UN calls it “an environmental and social emergency.” The numbers tell the tale. Between 2000 and 2014, clothing production doubled and consumers began buying 60% more clothes and wearing them for half as long as they once did. Three-fifths of all clothing is estimated to end up in landfills or incinerators within a year of production. That can translate to a truckload of used clothing dumped or burned every second. In northern Chile, colossal piles of discarded clothes, with labels from all over the world, stretch as far as the eye can see. In one ravine on the outskirts of Alto Hospicio, a pile of jeans and suit jackets, bleached by the harsh sun, rises above a mound of fake-fur coats and dress shirts, some still bearing price tags. _______________________________ FULL STORY -- https://archive.ph/1z2Zf #Environment #Climate #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual