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The Importance of Transparency
A lot of donations to Good Will or Salvation Army that don't end up in a landfill get dumped into developing countries. A Vox article shows that as overproduced clothes flood into poor communities, not only are they stuck with the waste, Africans are deterred from ever starting their own textile industry. No seamstress or tailor in these communities cannot make a living because no one can compete with the low cost of wearing the West's hammy downs.