Dirty laundry: what really happens to your clothes when you donate them to charity?

Only a fraction gets resold on the domestic secondhand market, but there are ways consumers can help reduce wasteChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comEvery year, Australians donate the equivalent of 250m pairs of jeans to charity (around 200,000 tonnes of textiles) and send another 200,000 tonnes to landf