Thrift stores already exist, both brick-and-mortar, and online. I use them, but they're a small piece (12.3%) of the overall clothing market, presumably because most Americans prefer the convenience of finding exactly what they want - new - or they dislike the idea of wearing used clothes.
The Loooop machine feels like a greenwashing gimmick. Doing any work in the US must be more expensive than the total cash (not environmental) cost of manufacturing and shipping a new clothing item from Bangladesh or Viet Nam.
I mean, you could probably build a small business and fund it through a big retailer's philanthropy budget; that's not a bad idea. But I can't see any way to do it at meaningful (environment-changing) scale.
The most effective environmental strategy would be to have the Kardashians (or whoever) pivot to only shopping at Goodwill and tweeting about it. But that's not going to happen.
The Loooop machine feels like a greenwashing gimmick. Doing any work in the US must be more expensive than the total cash (not environmental) cost of manufacturing and shipping a new clothing item from Bangladesh or Viet Nam.
I mean, you could probably build a small business and fund it through a big retailer's philanthropy budget; that's not a bad idea. But I can't see any way to do it at meaningful (environment-changing) scale.
The most effective environmental strategy would be to have the Kardashians (or whoever) pivot to only shopping at Goodwill and tweeting about it. But that's not going to happen.