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The tshirts, if they end up abroad, contribute to ruining the local textile industry. Many developing countries had local industry producing fabric and clothes
by Symbiote 5y ago
The tshirts, if they end up abroad, contribute to ruining the local textile industry.
Many developing countries had local industry producing fabric and clothes, but they really struggle to compete with free or almost free waste Western clothes.
- chrisdfrey 5y agoSome articles on this: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44951670 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44951670 https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/business/second-hand-clothes-africa/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/business/second-hand-clothes-...
- stickfigure 5y agoWhen you say "local textile industry" are you thinking of cotton growing, yarn spinning, fabric weaving, or shirt cutting/sewing? Because those are all totally different things done in totally different parts of the world. There is no longer such thing as "local textile industry". A single strand of cotton is better traveled than most of us. Lots of great learning starts here: https://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title https://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title
- Fatnino 5y agoYou mean the shirts made abroad, printed with Random Co. logo, shipped to the US, then shipped right back when no one wanted them? Those shirts? How does it ruin the local textile economy for a foreign company to pay the local mill to give out free shirts?
- Symbiote 5y agoLast time I was in an African country there were people wearing shirts like "Atlanta Winners 2019" when it was some other baseball team that won in 2019. So similar to what you describe. Those shirts were probably made in Asia, but ruin the African clothing industry.