

And, and then training all our team members to take very good care of the product,” said Wallander.Īnd once they reach their destination, Wallander says, they have a positive economic impact. “It starts from maintaining our locations so that they are always looking nice to the public. Wallander says all garmets his company exports go through a quality control process Woman fights company for family jewelry after ‘free' appraisal

Often synthetic textiles that do not biodegrade.” They open these bales and they find increasing volumes of unusable textiles.

Last time I heard it was $500 so many have to take a loan. “People have to buy these bags, closed bags, bales of clothing, and they don't know what they're buying. “I would, I would say that there is a lot of misinformation and the companies most benefiting from this information are those who are also most benefited from the status quo,” Vladimirova said. Katia Dayan Vladimirova, Senior Research Associate at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and Founder and Coordinator at the International Research Network on Sustainable Fashion Consumption, countered Wallander’s claim when asked about if those exported clothing is actually given a second life. Wallander states most of the clothing items USAgain gets a new life, and less than 5% goes to waste.ĭr. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.
