Chile battles textile waste with new producer recycling law
Aug 14, 2025 #Chile #AtacamaDesert #TextileWaste
Parts of the desert in northern Chile have become textile graveyards - the final resting place
Aug 14, 2025 #Chile #AtacamaDesert #TextileWaste
Parts of the desert in northern Chile have become textile graveyards - the final resting place for tonnes of illegally dumped, unwanted clothes.
But the government is implementing a law that makes clothing producers and importers responsible for recycling their goods.
Al Jazeera’s Latin America editor Lucia Newman reports from Iquique, Chile.