Erikshjälpen stops selling shein garments.
This is after an alarm that they can contain too high levels of chemicals.
-We have so much on our feet now that we really want to take a stand, says Cathrine Kyresten, sustainability manager at Erikshjelpens Second Hand stores, to SVT.
It is the children’s rights organization Erikshjelpen’s non-profit second hand stores that made the decision to stop selling clothes from Chinese network giant Shein.
From now on, no garments from Shein will be sold in the organization’s 51 stores around Sweden.
A decision that has its basis in sampling in Shein’s clothing that has shown that they contain dangerous and illegal chemicals.
Want others to follow after
Erikshjälpen refers to a survey conducted by Greepeace In Germany where 15 of a total of 47 Shein products contained dangerous chemicals that are not allowed within the EU.
-We have so much on our feet now that we really want to take a stand and we would like others to follow, says Cathrine Kylesten, who is sustainability manager at Erikshjälpens Second Hand stores, to SVT.
Will go to textile waste
She says the reason why she is Singlas out and not other similar sites like Temu or Wish, she answers:
– The ones you mention are platforms for lots of different suppliers. And then we simply cannot see where they come from. Had we been able to do so, we would have liked to take a stand there too.
From now on, the Shein garments in the stores will go directly to textile waste.