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The Atacama Desert Clothing Graveyard: Facing Overproduction in Fashion

The Atacama Desert is getting covered in 39,000 tons of clothes each year, many of them still unused.
by Nazalea Kusuma January 11, 2022
a heap of discarded clothing on a desert with a price tag attached to an unused item in the foreground

Photo by Jason Mayne / People Dispatch Twitter

The Atacama Desert is getting covered in 39,000 tons of clothes each year, many of them still unused.

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