FFF: thredUP, Textile Recycling, and the Hell That Is Fast Fashion
08/22/23 • 48 min
Journey with your favorite sustainability podcast into the world of online consignment shopping like thredUP and learn more than you ever wanted to know about why fast fashion is THE WORST. Bonus: find out what FFF means to us and start chanting it under your breath every time you pass a clothing store.
Sources:
- US News and World Report: 7 Top Online Consignment Shops for Selling your Clothes
- The Guardian: ‘It’s like a death pit’: How Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground
- Better Business Bureau: Complaints about thredUP, Inc.
- The Roundup: 17 Most Worrying Textile Waste Statistics and Facts
- Green America: What Really Happens to Unwanted Clothes?
- The Good Trade: How does textile recycling work?
- Reader’s Digest: This is What Really Happens to Your Used Clothing Donations
- Vogue: How Sustainable Is Consigning Clothing? The RealReal Is Glad You Asked
- We Hate Waste - Visible Mending is Trending
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Journey with your favorite sustainability podcast into the world of online consignment shopping like thredUP and learn more than you ever wanted to know about why fast fashion is THE WORST. Bonus: find out what FFF means to us and start chanting it under your breath every time you pass a clothing store.
Sources:
- US News and World Report: 7 Top Online Consignment Shops for Selling your Clothes
- The Guardian: ‘It’s like a death pit’: How Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground
- Better Business Bureau: Complaints about thredUP, Inc.
- The Roundup: 17 Most Worrying Textile Waste Statistics and Facts
- Green America: What Really Happens to Unwanted Clothes?
- The Good Trade: How does textile recycling work?
- Reader’s Digest: This is What Really Happens to Your Used Clothing Donations
- Vogue: How Sustainable Is Consigning Clothing? The RealReal Is Glad You Asked
- We Hate Waste - Visible Mending is Trending
Patreon: patreon.com/greeningupmyact
Instagram: @greeningupmyact
Facebook: Greening Up My Act
Email us with questions: [email protected]
YouTube: Greening Up My Act
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Greening Up My Act - FFF: thredUP, Textile Recycling, and the Hell That Is Fast Fashion
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Welcome back to grinning Atlantic, the podcast where we dash all your hopes and dreams. Being an eco friendly member of society, Titan get well I you know, I think reading up my act is a podcast about nuance and learning and how there's no such thing as a perfect solution but we're trying to arm our friends and ourselves with information about making the best choices that we can to care about the environment and our pocketbooks and doing things effectively in our live
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