Film Screening with post-screening discussion
Many of us donate our unwanted clothes to charity shops and clothing collection banks – but do we really know what happens to them? Globally, 70% of our donated clothes are baled and sold to textile traders who ship them abroad for resale in sub-Saharan Africa.
Textile Mountain exposes the social and environmental costs of the second-hand clothing trade and follows the path of our unwanted garments from recycling bins in Europe to landfills and waterways in the South. Shot in Kenya, Ireland and Belgium, this film calls on us to rethink the way we design, wear and reuse our clothes so that our fashion waste no longer becomes another country’s burden.
In an after-party discussion, experts from sustainable fashion will discuss the issues and solutions with the audience.
