Corporate Irresponsibility: H&M's Clothing Trash Scandal

Early January 2010, clear trash bags filled with slashed clothes were found outside of Herald Square's H&M's back entrance on 35th street. According to an article from NY Times, a random man and woman went through the bags and picked apart the clothes to see what could be useful. Apparently H&M has followed suit to Wal-Mart, also mentioned in the NY Times article. A woman named Cynthia Magnus, who has walked by the store several times, said it was common to find destroyed clothing in the H&M trash. And not only clothing was found, but plastic hangers as well.


What is H&M's response to this? Nothing but a promise.

“It will not happen again,” said Nicole Christie, a spokeswoman for H&M in New York. “We are committed 100 percent to make sure this practice is not happening anywhere else, as it is not our standard practice.”

Apparently it is stated that Ms. Nicole Christie had no knowledge of this practice, and said it was H&M's policy to donate unworn clothing.