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The Dark Side Of Used Clothing & Thrift Stores

We like to think we’re helping out communities and the planet with these, but we’re only kidding ourselves.

Eric S Burdon
Purposeful Life
Published in
9 min readJun 19, 2022

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In the town I grew up in, whenever I wanted more clothing, you wouldn’t find me in Ambercombe & Fitch, American Eagle, or Roots. You’d find me in a small local thrift store — or eventually Value Village once…

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Eric S Burdon
Purposeful Life

Entrepreneur, positive-minded. I used to say a lot, but now I do a lot.