Mar 5, 2024 · Fast fashion goes to die in the world's largest fog desert. The scale is breathtaking. Clothing from many of the world’s favorite brands lies in discarded heaps in Chile’s Atacama Desert. How...

Jan 13, 2024 · By last January, the height of the Chilean summer, the gigantic, unsightly clothes dump at El Paso de la Mula, the one Agence France-Presse had shown the world, was nowhere to be found.

Apr 20, 2023 · Such are the effects of “ fast fashion,” or the business of mass producing low-quality clothes quickly and at a low cost to keep up with trends.

Dec 16, 2023 · The U.N. report said the problems were caused by "fast fashion" and "unregulated overproduction and overconsumption on a global scale." African countries like Senegal and Ghana have similar...

Aug 11, 2021 · As global clothing consumption skyrockets, fed by ruthless "fast fashion" brands, it's creating an environmental catastrophe.

Nov 8, 2021 · Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, is increasingly suffering from pollution caused by fast fashion. Used clothes discarded in the Atacama Desert, in Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile...

May 23, 2023 · Much of the landfill contains clothes that couldn't sell in stores in the US, Europe, and Asia. A giant dump of unused fast fashion clothing in Chile's Atacama Desert is now clearly visible...

Feb 6, 2022 · Tens of thousands of tonnes of unwanted clothing from Europe and the US are being dumped in the Atacama Desert every year.

Jun 20, 2023 · A satellite image taken above Chile's Atacama Desert captures ever-growing mountains of discarded clothes as the problem of fast fashion persists.

Nov 1, 2022 · Some 59,000 tons of unwanted clothing arrive in Chile each year from places like Europe, Asia and the United States. But because it is illegal to dump them in landfills, they often end up in places like the Atacama Desert in the north of …