Join Remake on July 11th at 9 PT / 12 ET to hear about how campaigners in the Global South are calling for tougher regulations on the fast fashion industry after a massive fire swept through a fast fashion dumping ground located in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
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Earlier this month, a huge fire burned tens of thousands of tonnes of clothes in the Atacama desert, Chile. Local environmental campaigners from the group Desierto Vestido discovered the fire on Sunday 11th June in the central part of the dump which is located in Paso de la Mula.
Global fashion brands like Old Navy, H&M, Levi’s clothing were found at the site.
The local community is reporting poor air quality and alarming pictures of the fire show heavy smoke in the area.
On Wednesday, 15th June, Angela Astudillo from Desierto Vestido, confirmed that there was still thick smoke at the site three days after the fire started. "It's like a volcano today, it was all cloudy, the air is very toxic, you can't be outside for long".
Alys Samson, Campaigner from SumOfUs says: "The government has to ensure the protection of the people living near the landfill. The devastating images speak to the urgency of this. But now that it is gone, it's a golden opportunity for Gabriel Boric to regulate the fashion industry for everyone and ban more landfills and micro-dumps across the country."
Desierto Vestido has confirmed that on Sunday there were still clothes in the dump, and despite the fire, they had seen people scavenging items. By Wednesday, June 15th, they there was nothing left of the informal dump site.
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