But there is one mountain located in the Atacama desert which is different from the rest. Women search for used clothes amid tons discarded in the Atacama desert, in Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile, on September 26, 2021Men work at a factory that recycles used clothes discarded in the Atacama desert for wooden isolation panels for the walls of social housing, in Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile, on September 27, 2021. The fast fashion clothing mountain has however encouraged some to develop companies focused on recycling the fabrics for more sustainable ends. View of destroyed used clothes at the Ecocitex ecologic yarn factory in Santiago, on October 8, 2021A woman shops for used clothes at the Ecocitex ecologic yarn factory in Santiago, on October 8, 2021. Another company trying to tackle the waste mountain is EcoFibra, which makes thermal insulation panels using fabrics derived from the clothing.

Source: Daily Mail November 11, 2021 13:56 UTC