The eBay app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021.
“They’d just throw it into the corner of the room for it to be removed by cleaners each day,” Staniland told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. “It becomes extremely wasteful.”About 13 million items of used clothing end up in landfills in Britain every week, according to the charity Oxfam here.
In previous series, dresses and other new items of clothing would sell out in minutes after appearing on the show. “My concern with it is: what happens next year?” she added. “Will eBay be sponsoring it for the years to come or will it just be another fast fashion retailer next year?”While awareness is increasing of climate change threats, Martin-Woodhead said her research has found people need personal incentives to shop in a more sustainable manner.
Leyland has watched every series of “Love Island” and runs a Facebook fan page here with nearly 100,000 members. Only a few have commented on the show’s use of eBay clothing, she said. Vinted’s UK customers are buying second-hand clothes not just for financial reasons but also to shop more responsibly, especially over the last few years, she said.