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From the article: >The donated shoes that ended up in Indonesia have added to a flood of illegal second-hand clothing pouring into that developing country, acc
by contingo 4y ago
From the article:
>The donated shoes that ended up in Indonesia have added to a flood of illegal second-hand clothing pouring into that developing country, according to a senior government official there, who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk, undercut its local textile industry and often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills.
- hgsgm 4y agoThose are mostly nonsense reasons. > who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk Obviously phony. > undercut its local textile industry Free stuff is better than having a local industry. The government can tax shoe wearers to pay the local industry to make more stuff or just relax. > often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills. That one is legit.