Second-hand clothing: an ecological and social myth? | ARTE.tv Culture

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Cheaper, greener and right on trend, 87% of Europeans already buy second-hand clothing. To be sold online, in trendy vintage shops or as rags, tons of used clothing travels around the world every day. It's a market that today is worth 128 billion euros and this will only grow with the overproduction of fast fashion. But what are the real costs to the planet and humans of the second-hand clothing market?

Second-hand clothing: an ecological and social myth? | ARTE.tv Culture
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