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Joseph Winters

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Joseph Winters

Joseph Winters is Staff Writer at Grist.org.

 
 
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SecondHand / Trade Standards Commentary
Global trade in secondhand clothing has expanded sharply over three decades, exposing weaknesses in customs classification and raising new questions about how reuse and waste are distinguished at the border.

Secondhand Clothing Boom Now Faces a Regulatory Reckoning, Sorting Standards Needed

  • Subir Ghosh

16 February 2026
Argentina Crisis / Trade Effects Commentary
The tariff cut that lowered clothing prices for urban consumers registered very differently in smaller cities where textile manufacturing was the primary source of formal employment.

Milei Effect: Eighteen Thousand Jobs Later, Argentina's Textile Crisis Has No Floor

  • Subir Ghosh

4 March 2026
 
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Workplace Heat / India Study Report
Heat inside a garment factory is not simply a reflection of the weather outside—it is the product of a production system that concentrates thermal load and then removes every practical means of relief.

Slow-Burning Furnace: India's Garment Workers Are Absorbing a Crisis Not Theirs

  • Special Correspondent

6 March 2026
Recycling Crisis / Panipat Hub Report
Recycling at industrial scale carries environmental costs that certification frameworks do not always reach—particularly when residue management remains informal and largely invisible to regulators.

Panipat Recycles the World's Clothes but Not Its Pollution, Contends Ground Report

  • Richa Bansal

5 March 2026
 
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NextGen Fibres / Kelsun Launch Interview
The Kelsun fibre was created to supply the textile industry with a more sustainable alternative to conventional materials.

On an Even Keel: Seaweed Fibre Kelsun Starts Much-Awaited Retail Run

  • Subir Ghosh

24 September 2024
Country Overview / Egypt Prospects Commentary
The majority of the Egyptian garment industry's 1.5 million workers, 50% of whom are female, are unbanked, and are paid in cash.

Egypt Stakes Its Claim as Global Textiles and Apparel Powerhouse

  • Subir Ghosh

14 July 2025