Here's where your donated clothing really ends up

By Paul Jay, CBC News Ottawa, May 29, 2018

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For anyone who doesn't want their old shirts, pants or dresses to end up in a landfill, clothing donation bins sound like a win-win-win solution: the donor gets to declutter, the charity operating the bin gets to resell the clothing to fund good deeds, and a shopper on a budget gets to buy affordable clothes.

But in reality, the path your worn-out jeans take isn't so straight, and doesn't always benefit the people you may think.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/donated-clothing-where-it-ends-up-1.4662023

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