Re:Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an ...
by hgsgm on Saturday February 25, 2023 @08:19PM
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Those are mostly nonsense reasons.
> who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk
Obviously phony.
> undercut its local textile industry
Free stuff is better than having a local industry. The government can tax shoe wearers to pay the local industry to make more stuff or just relax.
> often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills.
That one is legit.
>The donated shoes that ended up in Indonesia have added to a flood of illegal second-hand clothing pouring into that developing country, according to a senior government official there, who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk, undercut its local textile industry and often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills.