Reversing direction in the used clothing crisis: Global, European, and Chilean perspectives

Vista sencilla de ítem
cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/TS.2024/52
cepal.docTypeCoediciones
cepal.jobNumberS2400749_en
cepal.regionalOfficeSantiago
cepal.sdg13
cepal.sdg12
cepal.topicEngCLIMATE CHANGE
cepal.topicEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
cepal.topicEngCARBON FOOTPRINT
cepal.topicEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
cepal.topicSpaCAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
cepal.topicSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
cepal.topicSpaHUELLA DE CARBONO
cepal.topicSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL
dc.contributor.entityUNECE
dc.coverage.spatialEngEUROPE
dc.coverage.spatialEngCHILE
dc.coverage.spatialSpaEUROPA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCHILE
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T16:16:26Z
dc.date.available2024-06-21T16:16:26Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-21
dc.description.abstractSince 2012, the Alto Hospicio Municipality in the Chilean Atacama Desert has witnessed the fast growth of large illegal dumps of discarded clothing and textile products. Several tens of thousands of tonnes of textile waste cover around 300 hectares, some of which are burned on-site. Most clothes are made of synthetic fibres, and their incineration releases heavy metals, acid gases, particulates, and dioxins, harming the health of people nearby and damaging the local environment. Such dumps – also present in Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan, among other countries – are symptoms of the problem of developing countries importing large volumes of low-value textiles, which they struggle to use in economically and environmentally beneficial ways. While local circumstances in each importing country are unique, the underlying cause is the export of large volumes of second-hand clothes from developed countries, driven by changes in the global fashion industry in recent decades. In this context, in 2023, the United Nations Economic Commissions for Europe (UNECE) and for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) conducted a global study on secondhand clothing flows and the business models driving them, with a focus on Europe as an origin and Chile as a destination. The study includes the results of fieldwork undertaken in the second-hand clothing markets of the Tarapacá region of Chile. It formulates policy recommendations that aim to improve the economic, social, and environmental outcomes of the global trade in second-hand clothes. Information about overall activities of the UNECE Economic Cooperation and Trade Division on Circular Economy is available at: https://unece.org/trade/CircularEconomy
dc.description.tableOfContentsExecutive Summary .-- Introduction .-- Chapter 1. The Chilean perspective .-- Chapter 2. The European perspective .-- Chapter 3. The Global Perspective .-- Recommendations.
dc.formatTexto
dc.format.extent92 pages.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolECE/TRADE/484
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/TS.2024/52
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/80433
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisherUNECE
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.subject.unbisEngCLOTHING
dc.subject.unbisEngCONSUMPTION
dc.subject.unbisEngCLOTHING INDUSTRY
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngINDUSTRIAL WASTES
dc.subject.unbisEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject.unbisEngCARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subject.unbisSpaVESTUARIO
dc.subject.unbisSpaCONSUMO
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDUSTRIA DEL VESTIDO
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS AMBIENTALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESECHOS INDUSTRIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaHUELLA DE CARBONO
dc.titleReversing direction in the used clothing crisis: Global, European, and Chilean perspectives
dc.type.coarlibro
dc.usergrouppubweb
dspace.entity.typePublication
Descargar
Bloque original
Mostrando 1 - 1 de 1
Miniatura
Nombre:
S2400749_en.pdf
Tamaño:
23.95 MB
Formato:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Descripción:
Document in English
Descargar
Colecciones
Coediciones