Textiles

Xtreme is no Longer accepting Shein for Donations

This Plastic Free July we’re taking a hard stance on ultra-fast fashion .
 
SHEIN’s impact is devastating for the environment, the garment workers, our community and our health.
 
Xtreme is no longer accepting SHEIN for donations. We’re still accepting clothing donations, just not those branded SHEIN. 

Why?

Shein isn’t just another clothing brand, they’re recognised as the biggest ultra-fast fashion company.

  • SHEIN is an ultra-fast fashion giant mass-producing poor-quality clothes. Prices look low at first glance, but are huge if looking at the whole toxic impact.
  • SHEIN clothes aren’t designed to last, so are really hard to rehome for someone else to wear, and quickly end up in landfill.
  • SHEIN clothes contain hazardous chemicals above limits like phthalates and formaldehyde, which those working making or wearing the clothes are exposed to.
  • SHEIN has severely unethical practices where employees are severely overworked and underpaid— working with one day off a month, and earning less than $20 per week, revealed in the investigative film Untold: Inside The Shein Machine.
  • SHEIN and Temu have been targeted by the French Parliament who recently approved a bill targeting these low-cost, high-volume fashion giants with eco-taxes, advertising bans and mandatory sustainability disclosures.
  • Influencers are also calling out #sheinhaul because this trend of fashion overproduction and textile waste isn’t glamorous or normal.
  • We’re not short on clothes – there are already so many quality clothes in the world, enough to clothe the next 7 generations!

How you can make a difference

We need to curb ultra fast fashion consumption by refusing to buy from giants like SHEIN.
 
You can help by sharing  the word with your friends and family, and encouraging your local Recycle Centre and Opshop to take a strong stance and say no to Shein donations.
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