As a result of fast fashion, landfill sites are no longer just for your old, unwanted household appliances. There are now landfill sites overflowing with clothing, like Chile's Atacama Desert - also known as 'The Fast Fashion Graveyard'. The UK is estimated to throw away some 13 million items of clothing each week!

Due to time and money, many clothing brands and businesses throw away or burn clothing that can’t be sold as stock instead of gifting or selling it on. These products include garments that were working samples, photoshoot samples, ex-display items and faulty or marked products. The process behind selling singular one-off products online like this in terms of photographing, setting up the product and making it available to buy on a website is time consuming and therefore costly. Many businesses wouldn’t justify the time and effort as; ‘worth doing’ financially, without considering that by not doing so, the planet is paying the cost. We at Know the Origin think it is very much worth doing, not only to offer our valued customers something different and some amazing discounts, but to also ensure we are continually recycling and our samples are going to be loved and enjoyed for years to come, something we want for all of the products we sell.