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Posted: 12-02-2015 , 02:23 AM #1 |
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Where do your old clothes go? (BBC - Lucy Rodgers)
Every year, thousands of us across the UK donate our used clothing to charity - many in the belief that it will be given to those in need or sold in High Street charity shops to raise funds. But a new book has revealed that most of what we hand over actually ends up getting shipped abroad - part of a £2.8bn ($4.3bn) second-hand garment trade that spans the globe. We investigate the journey of our cast-offs and begin to follow one set of garments from donation to their eventual destination...
Continue reading at the BBC Online: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30227025 |
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