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The Economic Times
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World’s second-richest country sends 70 tonnes of used clothes to Malaysia every week. Here’s why

Singapore is sending up to 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week, turning a growing mountain of discarded garments into a cross-border textile recovery operation. The clothes are collected from recycling bins across Singapore before being transported to Life Line Clothing’s facility in Port Klang, Malaysia. There, they are sorted and divided according to whether they can be worn again, repurposed or sent for further processing.

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