AFP 6 | Martin BERNETTI
September 26, 2021 – Alto Hospicio, Iquique, Chile
Women search for used clothes amid tons discarded in the Atacama desert. EcoFibra, Ecocitex and Sembra are circular economy projects that use textile waste as their raw material. The textile industry in Chile will be included in the law of Extended Responsibility of the Producer (REP), forcing clothes and textiles importers take charge of the waste they generate.