Chile’s Atacama Desert: Where Fast Fashion Goes to Die
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Aljazeera estimated that up to 59,000 tons of clothes that can't be sold in the U.S. or Europe end up at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile each year. These are meant for resale in Latin America, but only 20,000 tons actually make their way around the continent.
Instead of changing our wardrobes and styles with the whims and attitudes of fast fashion, experts encourage us to slowdown our desire for more. Manufacturers are also encouraged to create pieces that are meant to last and endure and to embrace truly sustainable practices. Shifts and innovations in dyeing and in fiber choice can help. As consumers and manufacturers, only by changing our mindsets instead of our outfits will we be able to effect actual change.