Chile is the biggest importer of secondhand clothing in South America, and between 2020 and 2021 it was the fastest-growing importer of used clothing in the world. The port of Iquique is an ...

“We have many places like this in the desert,” said Jean Karla Zambrana, a co-founder of the desert dressed in clothes, a ...

A gigantic heap of unused clothes in Chile is so big that a satellite can easily spot it. High resolution images of the clothing dump was posted on May 10 by satellite photo app SkyFi. Much of the ...

The huge garment pile is growing by about 39,000 tons a year. A mountain of discarded clothes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile has reached such huge proportions that it can be seen from space.

Clothing from many of the world’s favorite brands lies in discarded heaps in Chile’s Atacama Desert. How it got there tells the story of modern fast fashion. Francisco Ángel, a hospital ...

Piles of clothes dumped in the desert in the La Pampa sector of Alto Hospicio can be seen on Nov. 11, 2022. AFP via Getty Images What a waste. A satellite image taken above Chile’s Atacama ...

A mountain of discarded clothes in Chile has become so large it can be seen from space. The red-rocked desert of Chile's Atacama plateau has become a dumping ground for the West's used and faulty ...

The world's biggest "floordrobe" can be seen from space as a 60,000 tonne dump of clothes spreads across the middle of a Chilean desert. The shocking landfill site has grown gradually over time ...

But it is now a dumping ground for unworn clothes that couldn’t be sold. open image in gallery Chile’s Atacama Desert has become a dumping ground for unworn clothes that couldn’t be sold ...

A gigantic heap of unused clothes in Chile is so big that a satellite can easily spot it. High resolution images of the clothing dump was posted on May 10 by satellite photo app SkyFi. Much of the ...