2026-09-19 08:59 UTC
Weekend listening! 🎧
BBC World Service reporter Shiroma Silva and I went exploring in the sorting room of the Oxfam Covent Garden shop in central London.
Starts at 42:40: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730c5r4kbqf0g
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@tansy@wandering.shop 2026-09-19 09:02
These expulsion spaces are where we see the reality of the fashion industry, stripped of its glamour and false promises. We also see the burden that has been placed upon charity shops that have been forced to become the first sorting site for a chaotic global waste stream, and face the reality of where donations end up when they can't be sold. I loved doing this story with Shiroma. Getting to sort through sacks of worn clothes brought some interesting flashbacks to writing Charity Shop World.