A mountain of discarded clothes in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Photo: AFP
Made in China, dumped in Chile: where world’s unwanted clothes go
- Every year, almost 40,000 tonnes of second-hand and unsold clothing ends up in Chile desert dump
- Discarded clothing arrives from all over the world, where it is added to growing piles of textiles
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A mountain of discarded clothes in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Photo: AFP