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‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bags (www.theguardian.com)

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Lauren Mason decided to take action after witnessing huge amounts of camping gear abandoned at festivals

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[–] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The amount that even the middle class is capable of wasting compared to the poor is immense... I imagine the stuff from encampments is probably just trashed with no other consideration

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, tents are not meant to be used daily, so those tents are probably not reusable anyway.