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That has already been happening for decades - and it isn't the "net benefit" most think it is - here is just one example - but there are dozens of similar artic
by jjkaczor 8mo ago
That has already been happening for decades - and it isn't the "net benefit" most think it is - here is just one example - but there are dozens of similar articles that can be found:
https://www.udet.org/post/the-hidden-cost-of-generosity-how-secondhand-clothing-donations-can-harm-african-markets https://www.udet.org/post/the-hidden-cost-of-generosity-how-...
- saubeidl 8mo agoYou can steer where donations go with regulations. I don't see any downsides of warm coats to homeless shelters for example.
- jjkaczor 8mo agoThat is a slightly different scenario than taking cheap "fast fashion waste", compressing it into bales, shoving it into shipping containers, transporting/dumping it and flooding local countries/markets. (And many of these large shipments do not end-up as donations by the time they get to their destination, but are actually sold by weight and then resold again) But yes - distribution/logistics of donated goods needed to those who need them should be a "solved problem", but unfortunately it is not - regulations could help. (In countries/regions where governments actually WANT to regulate and then subsequently FOLLOW the regulations rather than cancel, ignore or throw them out entirely... Pretty sure everyone knows which country I am referring too...)
- saubeidl 8mo agoI would hope that that will also be a policy area the EU addresses as part of this regulatory push.
- jacquesm 8mo agoMan it would really make my day if all the homeless people started walking around in Prada and Gucci. That would probably be just thing to kill off these brands for good.
- xp84 8mo agoHow would we tell if the homeless started wearing Balenciaga though? Most of that trash already looks like it was lifted off the back of a homeless person (and one who is hard on his clothes)!
- jjkaczor 8mo agoI think this was predicted in that "documentary"... hmmm, Zoolander... with the fashion-line "Derelicte"...
- blell 8mo agoWhy do you want those brands to die?
- jjkaczor 8mo agoWhy do you want those brands to exist? Some perspectives would say that they serve no real purpose other than performative wealth display and distribution. They appeal to everyone at fundamental psychological levels to "fit in" with a popular trend or "in group". Their actual quality is often no better than other manufactured goods. It is their perceived quality and style that are the entire reason their brands exist. (and... I can admit that certain "luxury brands" are definitely appealing to me personally, even if they make little "logical sense" to own - maybe not clothing so much, but... watches...)
- blell 8mo agoThe opposite of “Why do you want those brands to die?” is not “Why do you want those brands to exist?”.
- ninalanyon 8mo agoPerhaps not but in the context of this discussion and legislation it is pertinent question to ask, perhaps not of you specifically but of the wider audience.