Dirty laundry: what really happens to your clothes when you donate them to charity?

Every year, Australians donate the equivalent of 250m pairs of jeans to charity (around 200,000 tonnes of textiles) and send another 200,000 tonnes to landfill. But only a fraction of donated clothes get resold in Australia. So what happens to your old jeans when you donate them? And how can consumers play their part to minimise waste in the process? The golden rule for wardrobe cleanouts Standards for what is resellable in Australia are high. When you’re doing a wardrobe cleanout the golden rule for donation is: would you gift it to a friend? If you make your donation directly

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