'Why secondhand markets and (their) apps are not a solution to clothing waste'.
- Chukwunonso Anyaoku
- Mar 14, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 10, 2024
Apps that deal with used clothes slow down waste creation by recirculating used clothes. However, they do little to persuade people not to buy unsustainable clothing in the first place.
Fixing this root problem is why the SORTA app includes the SPECIAL SECRETS function, to tell you whether BUYING certain items would be a good idea for the environment.
Here's where the news story (along with the caption picture) discusses the problem in detail:

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