Massive amount of old clothes found in river deep in Japan

On February 6, 2025, local people found a large amount of old clothes floating on the water surface in a river deep in the mountains of Hiroshima, Japan, with a wide variety of clothes, some of which were stained and torn. Initial investigations suggest that the clothes may have been illegally discarded, reflecting problems in Japan’s used-clothing recycling system, which may be related to poor recycling channels, high disposal costs, and weak environmental awareness in some areas.