Clothes Recycling
“Planet Aid legal action will swamp USA with bins”
The Los Angeles Times reports on legal action being taken by Planet Aid against several US cities, which it says could lead to communities being ‘swamped’ by unwanted charity collection bins
read moreOpinion: Tvind companies’ recycling and environmental claims don’t add up
Planet Aid, USAgain, Gaia Movement USA, and other Tvind-linked used clothes collectors trumpet that they divert discarded garments and other textiles from landfills. But do they really? The global used clothing trade is reportedly worth billions annually. If Tvind... read moreHow the Teachers Group profits from used clothes
The Teachers Group is possibly the world’s largest collector of used clothing. But where do the millions in profits from these operations end up? Our research strongly suggests that a large percentage of it goes into the TG’s offshore accounts. Then it’s used to buy property or invest in business. Like organised financial criminals, the TG has invested in ‘legitimate business’ to disguise the source of its wealth.
read moreTvind ‘systematically’ deceives clothing donors
August 2002: The Danish newspaper Berlingske reported on how the Tvind Teachers Group, supposedly helping the Third World’s poor, defrauds people who in good faith drop their used clothes into Tvind’s collection bins throughout Europe.
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