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Being "zero waste" means that we adopt steps towards reducing personal waste and minimizing our environmental impact.

Our community places a major focus on the 5 R's: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot. We practice this by reducing consumption, choosing reusable goods, recycling, composting, and helping each other improve.

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Where To Ethically Get Clothes? (lemm.ee)

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I don't know if this topic is appropriate for this community but there is a lot of waste generated with the clothing industry so I hope it fits.

The only resource I know of to find ethically sourced clothes is https://goodonyou.eco/. However, those can be pretty expensive so lately, I've been looking for more alternatives that are more affordable. What do you guys think of Salvation Army, Goodwill, Thrift stores? I've been hesitant on going there because I fear not having a good selection of clothes. If you guys have any experiences with these that would be amazing

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is ridiculously hard, I have spent hours searching. Much of what you can find is either greenwashed, or doesn't touch social issues like sourcing.

In the end, (beyond thrifting, as noted), the most success I've found is with small-time social enterprises and/or B-Corps, and through them i found out which (if any) certifying bodies exist who audit transparency were around and not just a bought certificate.

I was looking local to Australia and found the Social Traders, but the global body is SEWF and WTFO who can point you in a good direction for your locality.

Having said that, I'm at the point where I'm just considering finding ethical fabric, because I'm both too picky and have unusual adaptive requirements to accommodate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah without some deep research, it's a bit difficult to find who's greenwashing and who's genuinely green.