What happens to the textiles we donate? Emily Macintosh traces the journey of used clothing and their impact on communities and nature overseas.  When an item of clothing is donated to charity in Europe, chances are it is about to go on a long journey through the global second-hand textile trade.   That dress you never liked very much might end up packed up in a bale with hundreds of other cast offs and exported on a shipping container, ending up … Continue reading EU exports of used clothing wear out African second-hand markets