“There are enough clothes here for us to wear for the rest of our lives!”
Participants found that within many of the discarded items, a huge portion were brand-new clothes samples shredded by clothing brands due to quality issues or lack of inventory space.
“We have no choice but to put all the damaged new clothes into the ‘non-reusable’ section. It’s a pity that they cannot be donated to people who are in need.”
There were loads of unopened oversized uniforms as well.
One other interesting finding was that participants uncovered a box full of brand-new accessories and shoes samples given by well-known accessory brands.
After spending hours amongst piles of discarded clothes, watching the whole truck being filled up with all the sorted items left people pondering how they could be more conscious about their own purchase choices in order to reduce the textile waste. Where do we draw the line between want and need?
“We really need to stop buying new clothes when we’ve already had a full closet” one of the participants said in reflection.
Special thanks to the two groups of Citi China participants for making this event meaningful!
