Around 39,000 tons of fast fashion was dumped in Chile’s Atacama Desert last year, according to a report. H&M and Adidas were among the brands with the most clothes left in vast mounds across ...

The Atacama desert in Chile is home to a mountain of discarded clothing which grows by around 39,000 tons per year as the pollution from the industry of fast fashion continues to pile up.

A huge heap of unworn clothing is piling up in Chile's Atacama desert. An estimated 39,000 tons of clothes that can't be sold in the US or Europe end up in Chile yearly. The clothes occupy a large ...

A satellite photo captures a mountain of discarded clothes in Chile that's growing by about 39,000 tons a year.

Nation & World News; Chilean desert is being polluted by mountains of unsold fast-fashion clothing - tons of it, reports say. Published: ; Nov. 09, 2021, 3:51 p.m.

Every year, more than 60,000 tonnes of clothes are shipped to northern Chile from Europe, the US and Asia. Whether they're brand new, unsold or second hand, many of these items are abandoned or ...