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		smt88 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothin... Any name brand would rather send their unsold clothes to a landfill in India rather than allow their wealthy customers to see poor people wearing the clothes.

bluebarbet 18 days ago | [–]

A perhaps inadvertent but nicely succinct indictment of capitalism.

saubeidl 18 days ago | [–]

Which is why you write regulations to ban that. Hence, this thread.

smt88 18 days ago | [–]

These regulations don't and can't ban that. The companies can say they're "selling" or "donating" them abroad.

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