Utilization of post-consumer textiles and clothing

This study investigated the importance of used clothing and household textiles to consumers, ways in which secondhand markets for these items could be improved, and alternatives to sending unwanted items to the landfill. Interviews with customers at thrift shops and yard sales showed the majority of...

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