they go on to introduce their Common Threads Initiative, a program they hope will help advance them toward their goals. The initiative includes a commitment to make high-quality clothes that will last a long time, so they don’t have to be routinely replaced (which reduces waste); a promise to repair their products for free, so that people don’t throw them out (which reduces waste); a partnership with eBay, so that people can “reuse,” buy and sell secondhand products (which reduces waste); and when a product finally does come to the end of its life, Patagonia will take it off your hands to
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