Where Do Your Donated Clothes Go

By Krish Korbu

As people tend to grow out of their clothes frequently, they fill up their closets with clothes they have not worn in a while. Rather than selling or trashing the clothes, many have started to donate their clothes to extend its lifetime in efforts of keeping these clothes out of landfills and into the hands of someone who needs them. If you donate your clothes to Goodwill, some of the clothes that are donated are resold in thrift stores or sent directly to a person in need. However, the majority arrive in bad conditions. These clothes that arrive in bad conditions are sold at an outlet where one can buy clothes by the pound. Those clothes that remain in the outlet however, are salvaged and recycled. Donating your clothes is an environmentally friendly solution that also benefits the people who are in need of clothes.

LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/01/04/how-to-donate-clothes-waste-environment/

MLA CITATION: 

Chiu, Allyson. “What really happens to your clothes after you donate them” washingtonpost.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/01/04/how-to-donate-clothes-waste-environment/

The fast fashion industry makes lots of clothes quickly, which harms nature and people. Making The fast fashion industry makes lots of clothes quickly, which harms nature and people. Making clothes creates waste and pollution, like bad chemicals in water and air. It's a big reason for climate change, making lots of greenhouse gases. Even using materials like wool hurts the environment. Fast fashion hurts animals, forests, and water, and it treats workers unfairly.

 https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/sustainability/fast_fashion#:~:text=The%20pollution%20introduced%20by%20the,change%20from%20anthropogenic%20greenhouse%20gas 

Fashion production contributes heavily to global carbon emissions, with dyeing, finishing, yarn preparation, and fiber production being major polluters. Cotton cultivation for fibers and energy-intensive processes worsen freshwater depletion and ecosystem damage. Textile manufacturing emissions are expected to rise by 60% by 2030. Fast fashion brands like Zara, Forever 21, and H&M create new clothes quickly, leading to excessive waste. Washing clothes releases microfibers into the ocean, equivalent to billions of plastic bottles yearly. 

https://earth.org/fast-fashions-detrimental-effect-on-the-environment/ 

lclothes creates waste and pollution, like bad chemicals in water and air. It's a big reason for climate change, making lots of greenhouse gases. Even using materials like wool hurts the environment. Fast fashion hurts animals, forests, and water, and it treats workers unfairly.

 https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/sustainability/fast_fashion#:~:text=The%20pollution%20introduced%20by%20the,change%20from%20anthropogenic%20greenhouse%20gas 

Fashion production contributes heavily to global carbon emissions, with dyeing, finishing, yarn preparation, and fiber production being major polluters. Cotton cultivation for fibers and energy-intensive processes worsen freshwater depletion and ecosystem damage. Textile manufacturing emissions are expected to rise by 60% by 2030. Fast fashion brands like Zara, Forever 21, and H&M create new clothes quickly, leading to excessive waste. Washing clothes releases microfibers into the ocean, equivalent to billions of plastic bottles yearly. 

https://earth.org/fast-fashions-detrimental-effect-on-the-environment/