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by contingo 1215 days ago
From the article:

>The donated shoes that ended up in Indonesia have added to a flood of illegal second-hand clothing pouring into that developing country, according to a senior government official there, who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk, undercut its local textile industry and often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills.

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Those are mostly nonsense reasons.

> who said such cast-offs pose a public health risk

Obviously phony.

> undercut its local textile industry

Free stuff is better than having a local industry. The government can tax shoe wearers to pay the local industry to make more stuff or just relax.

> often pile more waste into its already bulging landfills.

That one is legit.