A mountain of unsold clothing from fast fashion retailers is piling up in the Chilean desert

[Moostache]

4. Have to wonder about the energy used to make and then bury this stuff...

Its not only fashion industry waste but all of the entire capitalist system that allows these hidden costs to go unrecovered from the manufacturers and big name brand multi-, multi-millionaire names like Lauren, Hilfiger, YSL, Chanel and many others that simply walk away from the extravagant "externalizations" that are passed onto the public, the environment, the poor and increasingly the remaining "empty places" on a map where things can be shipped to or sent away from the public eye.

There are items in these landfills that people paid thousands of dollars for within the last 2-3 years...I have a T-shirt that is about to be converted to rags...I bought it in 2003 when my now 18-year old son was born. Somewhere between myself and the fashion world lies sanity and good stewardship of the environment...I'm pretty sure the fulcrum is closer to me.