Overwhelmed by ever more clothing donations, charities are exporting the problem

By Yassie Samie, Irene Maldini and Katia Vladimirova

What happens to your clothes after you don’t want them any more? Chances are, you will donate them to shops run by a charity organisation.

There are more and more clothes in circulation, and they are getting cheaper and lower quality. That means the clothes you give away are worth less and less. For charities, this means donated clothes are less gift,