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EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing (www.dw.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Corkyskog -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They could just punch an eye hole in it somewhere and send it to some place that wants/needs clothes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean. They are (currently) explicitly making sure that the clothing never ends anywhere that wants/needs clothes - as in the goal is anti-charity.

Under the new law, I hope they can't take a hole puncher to it. If they are allowed, they'll do as much damage as they legally can.

[–] Corkyskog 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because you aren't likely to run into someone with a "fake" and they couldn't just ship them back to western countries to resell and undercut. How is that worse then them currently destroying them?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Oh, interesting. I wasn't aware of the reselling thing, and from the votes it seems a lot of others weren't either. I guess if it's just punched on something like the label/tag then that would be fine. Or maybe use permanent dye/bleach to blot it out.