By bicycle to a huge dumpsite of new and used clothes in Chile

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WHAT will be done

Description:

During the EWWR, ARS Ambiente will organize a webinar with some stakeholders involved in sustainability of textiles, launching the idea of Michele Giavini, founder of ARS Ambiente, to go to Chile by bicycle, in the desert of Atacama, to see one of the biggest dumpsites in the world where 70.000 tonnes/year of new and used clothes are thrown, because of the increasing effect of the “fast fashion” worldwide which doesn’t promote neither  reusability nor recyclability or long term usage of textiles.

That area is visible in this news from the BBC (in Spanish) https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-60130419

  1. The trip will take place in April 2023 and will be followed by some sensitization action showing the media footage that Michele will do.
  2. The date, time and language (Italian, English or Spanish) of the webinar is still to be decided.

Location

WHERE it will take place

Country:

Italy - Lombardia

Address:

Gallarate
Via Carlo Noè
45
21013

Action Developer

WHO will run the show

Entity:

ARS ambiente
# Business/Industry

How can you get in contact:

https://www.arsambiente.it
Giavini@arsambiente.it

• WHEN

will it happen?

Dates of the proposed action:

19/11/22, 20/11/22, 21/11/22, 22/11/22, 23/11/22, 24/11/22, 25/11/22, 26/11/22, 27/11/22

• WHY

join hands and minds to prevent waste?

Check out other actions that will cover these themes:

Thematic Focus: Circular and Sustainable Textiles

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