On average people discarded 11 items of clothing during lockdown and most of it is headed straight to the landfill.
LONDON — A clothing and accessories monster has been growing inside British homes, with consumers using their time in lockdown to clear their closets, and set aside unwanted items for the charity shops or, alternatively, for the garbage can.
Most will go to charity shops, which have slowly begun to reopen with social distancing measures in place. Other items have already been — or will be — headed straight to the landfill. Of the people who had set items aside, 49 percent said they intended to donate one or more items to a charity shop or a charity bag collection. Some 14 percent of that group said they planned to throw the unwanted items in the trash.
Nail bars, gyms and swimming pools remain closed, while the government has also set a two-week quarantine for all people arriving in the U.K.
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