Why would this ever happen? Is it cheaper to destroy than sell at discount?
Artificial scarcity + the urge to impose fashion cycles, sadly
EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
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Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#32Is this a problem in the EU? I often think in terms of home remodels that a family might do at least once. Those can easily fill a dumpster with tons of garbage. That's much more waste than a family could ever generate directly or indirectly in clothing.
I lived in a small building along with a French family with 5 children. The amount of trash they had every week was incredible. We had our small trash bag and theirs would be a heap of bags chest high. I sometimes wondered if he was throwing out trash from his business too.
While living there the system changed from paying for a disposal service to pre-buying special bags that cost around 2.50chf per 35L bag. The French family moved back to France within a couple of months.
Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#33Is this a problem in the EU? I often think in terms of home remodels that a family might do at least once. Those can easily fill a dumpster with tons of garbage. That's much more waste than a family could ever generate directly or indirectly in clothing.
I reuse everything from remodels. Seems a shame to throw out always. And other skips are getting bought by others to use in their building projects.
Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#34Is this a problem in the EU? I often think in terms of home remodels that a family might do at least once. Those can easily fill a dumpster with tons of garbage. That's much more waste than a family could ever generate directly or indirectly in clothing.
Is fast fashion not a thing in the US? I was under the impression it was, but perhaps I was wrong...
Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#35How long until they start shipping those abroad where they will become toxic bonfires?
You're half joking but this actually happens already. As you can imagine there's a lot of backlash on dumping good clothes on Europe itself so they export them in bad conditions just to have it burned out of sight.
https://changingmarkets.org/report/trashion-the-stealth-expo...
And it's not just old clothes being discarded, another related study showed that around 30% of clothes returned from online stores are not even looked over to see if they're worth selling again and are discarded straight away.
Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#36It seems like this policy would lead to shortages in less common sizes of clothing.
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#37Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#38Is this a problem in the EU? I often think in terms of home remodels that a family might do at least once. Those can easily fill a dumpster with tons of garbage. That's much more waste than a family could ever generate directly or indirectly in clothing.
Is fast fashion not a thing in the US? I was under the impression it was, but perhaps I was wrong...
It definitely is, according to my experience traveling to NYC
Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#39How long until they start shipping those abroad where they will become toxic bonfires?
That can be penalised too. We really have to get away from the idea that curtailing intentional industrial waste production is futile. Perhaps in American style capitalism it is because the system is rigged and the biggest money bag always wins. But we don't want this here at all. We have to get forward as humanity and treat our planet with respect. Otherwise we won't have one worth living on. Making money isn't the…
Wasn’t it the US that caught European companies in the emissions scandal
Re: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
#40Is this a problem in the EU? I often think in terms of home remodels that a family might do at least once. Those can easily fill a dumpster with tons of garbage. That's much more waste than a family could ever generate directly or indirectly in clothing.
The keyword is _unsold_. If you bought clothes, they aren’t unsold