Most people don’t know where their clothing goes after they donate it if they even donate it at all. I didn’t know either until I started researching — short answer: Nowhere right. Long answer: My ISU. I was first interested in this topic after I saw a CTV Marketplace investigation on where donated textiles end up, well before Global started-- so began my textile fascination. Clothing waste and the textile manufacturing industry as a whole is sometimes cited as the second largest polluter, only behind the oil industry. However, often times some people downplay the environmental impact of textile waste, the socio-economic issues associated with it pick up the slack. Clothing is no longer meant to last-- the average Canadian disposes of eighty-one pounds of textiles annually. Donating clothing only amplifies the issue: companies such as Value Village export their unsold clothing to Africa, where it destroys local industries. My ISU follows the destructive thread of textile waste; from your local thrift store to fiery pits in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.