3 ms·
> then presumably add it to the land fill. He said he donates it, so presumably some charity ends up footing the bill for his laundry
by shawabawa3 11y ago
> then presumably add it to the land fill.
He said he donates it, so presumably some charity ends up footing the bill for his laundry
- abandonliberty 11y agoMost charity donations these days get freighted out to poorer countries. It's possible that it gets shipped back to China, washed, and resold to him.
- bradleyland 11y agoThe land fill presumption is still the safest bet. The author said that he doesn't wash his clothes. By this we can infer that he brings his dirty laundry — for who knows how long — to a donation facility. I've volunteered at enough non-profit donation facilities to know that they don't launder intake. The expense is too high, and amazingly, most people don't bring in dirty clothes. If something is clearly not clean, it goes in to a separate bin for disposal.
- hexagonc 11y agoEven if it doesn't go the landfill immediately, you're still talking about a lot more clothes that will eventually have to be disposed of. Unless you assume that all the extra dozens of shirts and pants (shorts?) and underwear that he buys would have been manufactured and eventually disposed of anyway. Hard to see that being true.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]