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       2023-03-31T13:01:43Z
       
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       According to anti-waste charity the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, one truckload of clothing is sent to a landfill or burned every second. The Atacama desert in Chile has become a dumping ground for 39,000 tonnes of unsold clothes a year from around the world – piled high and stretched as far as the eye can see, these textiles leak pollutants into local water and sometimes catch fire in the heathttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/31/what-happens-when-we-send-back-unwanted-clothes#ClimateChange #Consumerism #Clothes #Fashion #Waste #Returns