Patagonia and eBay to help UK consumers buy into sustainable consumption

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Pioneering site designed to get more Patagonia products back into circulation crosses the Atlantic after US success

Few people can claim they don't have clothes stashed away in a wardrobe that they never wear - whether for sentimental reasons, because we really are going to drop those extra pounds one day, or maybe...

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