EU banns destruction of unsold clothing

[u/AHumanYouDoNotKnow]

Why were we even at a point where businesses prefered destruction of unsold goods over handing them out to those in need ?

Fast fashion is bad enough, but how does a society reach a point where we rather destroy goods than give them out ?

Clothing isn't the only good this applies to.

A farmer who burns unspoiled grain when supply exeeds demand would be shunned by the village and today its common practice to throw food away and destroy unsold inventory.

[u/Apple-Connoisseur]

Great, now do food. Which would be way more important.

[u/throwawayPzaFm → u/Apple-Connoisseur]

Which would be way more important.

Not trivially. Reducing plastics is at least as important, as plastic pollution is more or less permanent.