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Re: Wow, have you seen this? H&M is so wasteful!
My favorite part:
On its Web site, H&M reports that to save paper, it has shrunk its shipping labels.
Oh thank goodness. I am so glad their priorities are in order. I am sure the thousands of people they could have clothed in a year will be lining up to hug that one tree they saved.
I kinda figure any of those discount-type clothing lines aren't very environmental or ethical but wow...
I do understand that their mindset behind not wanting people using/wearing the discarded goods, in a way, but then maybe don't make such excess clothes? Or donate the goods in such a way as to create positive press to offset what you think are wasted sales??
I hope this publicity makes them change their ways.
Unrelated but 410 the baby in your sig is SOO cute!
*note self, next time in NY go dumpster diving on 35th St."
I LOVE patching up ripped clothing. I'm suck a nerd like that. Especially hoodies. I have this one with holes EVERYWHERE and I got a bunch of cute fabric and covered them. It's now my favorite hoodie. I could SO rock these clothes!
Lots of stores have a similar policy. My cousin worked at Bath & Body Works and they had the throw all kinds of things away. Robes, baskets, bags etc. They have to just throw them in the dumpster. We used to go get them out after the mall closed. I got a huge red duffle bag, some cosmetic bags, etc from the dumpster. Brand new stuff, just thrown out there.
Throwing the clothes is so much worse because people really could use those, but I'm pretty sure that there are a lot more clothing stores that do the same thing. I'm not sure how one would even go about researching what stores donate their surplusses and what stores don't.
I know restaurants do this all. the. time. They always throw away good food at the end of the day. But at least in that industry it makes some sort of legal and food code sense--and that is why they do it.
If you give food away from restaurants to charities and it isn't taken care of properly...and all the sudden people get food borne illness, it can be tracked back to the source, leading to a potential lawsuit. I can understand the risk there.
What is terrible here is that there is no practical reason whatever for this..
When I worked at Pizza Hut we usually ended the day with half a dozen or so canceled pizza orders. If it landed on a Tuesday they were able to be donated because a place came and picked them up. I guess we weren't allowed to donate them ourselves. But on those days the employees took the pizzas home. That's what I don't get. If I worked at a food place and at the end of the day there were left-overs I'd grab them not just toss them out! Even if I didn't plan on eating it I'd bring it to friends or neighbors. My neighbors and roommates LOVED me because I was always giving them pizza.
Some states (Oregon) have laws that negate the liability and encourage donation of left-over food.
When I was in high school I worked in a deli and all baked goods (cookies and brownies, etc) had to be tossed at the end of the day. I always offered to take out trash and my stoner friends would meet me out back to get the goodies...
Wow... I'll go with you!!
When I worked at Starbucks, you could get fired for not marking out and throwing away sandwiches/salads etc. at the end of the night. They didn't want employees squirreling away food during the day, then "finding" it later after close and taking it home. We did donate non-refrigerated items (most pastries) to a local shelter.
Now, when I was later a barista at Cupcake Royale, leftovers were fair game. The coworker I most frequently closed with and I would go across the street to a bar and give the bartenders cupcakes for drinks. Awesome arrangement.