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smt88yesterday at 5:30 PM1 replyview on HN

Poor countries don't need clothes. They have clothes. It's just more (mostly plastic pollution) that fills their landfills and rivers.

https://atmos.earth/art-and-culture/the-messy-truth/


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kube-systemyesterday at 6:02 PM

Just because a country has clothing in it doesn’t mean all of the people in that country have clothing. There are people in rich countries that need clothes. Clothing wears out, it’s a perpetual need and perpetually disposed.

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