Brian London, Marisa Adler & Eric Stubin - The Hidden Economy of Recycled Clothes (Ep. 317)

Something like 70% of the world uses secondhand clothing. Dozens of countries, it's the main item that they buy be you know, when people are living on it a few dollars a day. It's the different benefits of our industry. Again, that no one really no notices or or sees much is the environmental benefit, all the water and greenhouse gases it takes to create new garments. The charitable benefit provides affordable clothing to to folks that otherwise really would have no options.

You travel and you walk in, you know, where people live and you see just how ubiquitous secondhand really is. Hi everyone, I'm Nick Tawill of O'Shaughnessy Ventures and I will be guest hosting Infinite Loops today. Jim is out, currently being uploaded to a computer. Today we're talking about the hidden industry of donated clothing.

Joining me today are experts in the field, Eric Steuben, Marissa Adler, and Brian London. Please enjoy the conversation. All right, so I'd love to I'd love for you guys to tell me exactly how this secondhand global economy works. And for a lot of people that don't know about it, maybe the best way to go about it is to Walk me through what happens after you drop off a bag of donated clothing to a goodwill or a salvation army.

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