St. Vincent de Paul takes on fast fashion, diverting millions of pounds of clothing from landfills

St. Vincent de Paul employee Wendy Chand stood before a huge pile of men’s shirts.

“I am currently hanging the clothes that we sorted that are in good enough condition to send into the stores,” Chand explained.

Chand is working in a clothing warehouse on Seneca Road in West Eugene. It’s a sprawling space with lines of tables stacked 10 feet high with every kind of clothing imaginable. Forklifts buzz around, loading and unloading massive shipping boxes…

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