At the moment many stores are taking a break from accepting cast-offs while they work through the lockdown-induced backlog. The rule is, if you wouldn’t buy it, don’t donate it.īefore you drop off a pile of unwanted clothes always check that your local shop is taking donations. Why would you buy a worn dress for a fiver when you could get a brand new one? (Obviously, this thinking doesn’t take into consideration the intense need for planet-stripping resources to make the new top.) As well as being low-quality, donations are often stained, with unravelling hems. The problem with the fast fashion purchases we wear once or twice and then donate, is that the quality is often so low it can’t be resold (lightbulb moment: ah-ha, so that’s why it cost me less than a coffee). Guilty of binning your old clothes? Here’s how to build a sustainable wardrobe so you’ll never throw clothes away again Right now, due to the frenzy of purging anything that didn’t spark joy from our wardrobes, charity shops are drowning in donations. And, if you’re more switched on to sustainability, perhaps there’s a textile recycling pile too. Er, what are we on about? The charity shop pile. Everyone has one… And after the lockdown-inspired wardrobe dextoxes and furious Marie Kondo-ing that occurred, we guarantee it’s grown.
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