Old garments from around the world are being discarded in the South American country.

You toss that bag of old clothes into the donation bin and walk away feeling good, like you've just done something meaningful. Someone less fortunate will wear that sweater, right? Here's the thing: ...

A satellite image shows where tons of fast-fashion items are heaped in a clothing graveyard in the Atacama Desert. Reading time 2 minutes The world’s fast-fashion addiction is wrecking the planet.

Donating clothes seems eco-friendly, but vast amounts of low-quality fast fashion end up as waste in places like Chile's deserts and Indonesia's shorelines. While second-hand markets offer benefits, ...

Large volumes of second-hand clothing exported to Chile are ending up illegally dumped in the Atacama Desert, as authorities and private firms begin efforts ...

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. In a dusty yard on the edge of the desert around 100 miles from Expo City Dubai, the venue for COP28, 20 ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is among the planet’s least hospitable regions and even bears some resemblance to the surface of Mars. But one aspect of the area is not at all otherworldly: The desert contains ...

On Wednesday mornings, Janet and Grace buy bundles of used clothing that have been shipped to Accra, Ghana, from across the world. They spend the rest of their day sifting through these bundles, ...

Some 39,000 tonnes of old clothing is said to be dumped in Chile's Atacama Desert every year [AFP via Getty Images] If you have ever taken old clothes to a recycling bank, be it in the UK or North ...