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Would a UK clothing tax to fight waste change how we shop at our top high street stores?

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A landfill with our waste
A landfill with our waste

As retailers increase their number of annual collections, and offer low prices, shopping has become big business - worth a whopping 32 billion pounds in 2017 - about R589 billion. The British buy more clothes per person than any other country in Europe. But it's also an issue on a global scale.

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