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World’s Driest Desert Seen From Space Reveals Weird Greyish Mountains- Turns Out, It’s a Manmade Blunder
This Chilean desert became a scapegoat for reckless humans who have no regard for how they affect the natural resources.
THE WEEK1y
The curious return of fast fashion
Slowly but surely, a “giant dump” of unused clothing is piling up in the Atacama Desert, and this is “now clearly visible to satellites”, Insider reported. Will fast fashion ever slow down?
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Living and Growing: ‘Secondhand’ can be a wonderful way to go
Sometimes I wear layers of clothing! So what’s with the guilt? Did you know that there’s a mountain in Chile’s Atacama desert made entirely of clothes? Chile is a huge importer of secondhand ...
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The incredible mountain of rubbish in South America so large you can see it from space
"The satellite image that we ordered of the clothes pile in Chile's Atacama Desert really puts things into perspective," SkyFi wrote in the blog post. "The size of the pile and the pollution it's ...
The Mail21d
Cumbria Clothing Collective launched to reduce clothing waste
which highlighted the extent of discarded clothing in Chile’s Atacama Desert, often referred to as a 'fast fashion graveyard'. With a £6,500 grant from Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAFS) ...