The New York Times reports H&M wasting perfectly good clothing

In winter of 2010, bags and bags of H&M clothings were found on 34th Street in New York City.  The garments appeared to have never been worn and to make sure they were not worn or sold, they were slashed with box cutters.  It is winter, a third of the city is poor, and clothing is being destroyed nightly.  Cynthia Magnus, a student at the City University of New York, saw about 20 bags filled with cut up H&M clothing on 35th Street.  Around the corner of H&M, New York Cares conducts an annual coat drive where some of the H&M clothing could have been donated.  H&M reports on their website that in order to save paper, they have shrunk its shipping labels.  However, the usable garments and plastic hangers that they are throwing out is generating solid waste.  A manager of the H&M store on 34th Street said inquiries about its disposal practices had to be made to its United States headquarters.  After ten attempts by the 'Times,' a spokeswoman finally said:
“It will not happen again,” said Nicole Christie, a spokeswoman for H & M in New York. “We are committed 100 percent to make sure this practice is not happening anywhere else, as it is not our standard practice.”
                            
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