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Podcast: WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press
Episode: "Don't buy, rescue!" Fixing the Trash Pile of Clothes in Chile's Atacama Desert
Description: Hello! What are we actually doing? Our unwanted clothes don't belong dumped in Chile's beautiful Atacama Desert...Everyone knows reasons why the global north exports used clothing to the global south - it's because fashion is too fast, quality is too low, volumes are too high, and for rich countries it's often cheaper to export your problem than it is to deal with it onshore. But even if that wasn't the case, even if you had a big dream and deep pockets, that horse has bolted - the system at scale today is about global trade.<...