SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Chile has launched an effort to reduce textile waste that has led creating some 4,000 illegal dumps across the country, several of them in the Atacama Desert. Through its Circular Economy Strategy for Textiles 2040, the Environment Ministry outlined 49 concrete actions to eliminate clothing dumps, cut textile overconsumption by 30%, increase waste recovery by 50% and promote circular economy ventures. At the launch of the initiative, Environment Undersecretary