When charity becomes a cover and live streaming becomes a scam, this so-called public welfare recycling of old clothes not only tramples on public goodwill and disrupts market order, but also involves multiple illegal activities. It is urgent to regulate and rectify it. On December 22nd, the hashtag # Your 'Big Brand Tail Goods' may have been crossed by others # went viral on Weibo, attracting the attention of netizens. According to CCTV News, some live streaming rooms are selling second-hand clothes with poor quality and mismatched products under the banner of "big brand leftover goods" and "isolated sample clothes". One of the important sources of these old clothes is the "old clothes recycling bins" set up in urban communities. Even in order to deceive residents of the community into buying their old clothes, the old clothes recycling bins are labeled with words such as "public welfare donation" and "charity fundraising" to increase the amount of old clothes collected. I wanted to 'pick up a loophole', but ended up 'stepping into a pit', which is already a bit frustrating for consumers. After learning about the origin of the clothes, the incident was even more surprising - it was no longer just a simple consumer fraud, but a crisis of trust in the public welfare recycling industry for old clothes. As a global textile powerhouse, China generates a large amount of waste textiles every year. If we do a good job in standardized recycling and reuse, I believe it can have a positive impact on resource conservation, pollution reduction, and carbon reduction. However, the reality is that some recycling bins under the banner of "public welfare" continue to deliver the old clothes donated by residents to the live broadcast room. Without cleaning and disinfection and sterilization, they only rely on beauty filters and "tiny flaws" words to disguise as new products and sell them to the whole country, forming a mature gray industrial chain. When charity becomes a cover and live streaming becomes a scam, this so-called public welfare recycling of old clothes has also become a "business strategy" for some criminals, trampling on public goodwill, disrupting market order, and suspected of multiple illegal activities. For example, in the above news, the old clothes that have not been cleaned and disinfection and sterilization cannot be marked with key information such as the name and address of the manufacturer, quality inspection certificate, etc. according to the product quality law, and may also hide health risks, which are not qualified products at all. They were purchased by live streaming merchants on a ton by ton basis, disguised as "big brand leftover goods" for sale, replacing old with new, passing off inferior goods as good, misleading consumers to purchase, and have been suspected of consumer fraud. This illegal behavior has been exposed, so are the old clothes collected for public welfare still being used by criminals for other purposes? Further in-depth verification is needed. In relevant national policy documents, requirements such as "cracking down on illegal and irregular recycling activities and non-standard production and operation activities" and "orderly promoting the trade of used clothing" have been mentioned multiple times. It can be seen that the policy orientation is very clear, and the industry norms are also very clear. However, in daily life, regulatory work is not easy. The recycling of old clothes involves multiple fields such as charity, market supervision, and environmental protection. To eliminate regulatory gaps, multiple departments need to work together to build a "traceable source, controllable process, and traceable destination" governance system for the entire chain of old clothing recycling. On the one hand, we will increase the investigation and punishment of false public welfare recycling and illegal renovation and sales, and clean up unqualified recycling bins; On the other hand, further clarify and refine the mandatory standards for the recycling, sorting, processing, and sales of old clothes, so that every piece of clothing flows in accordance with the law and regulations. The recycling of old clothes is a livelihood project that combines environmental value and public welfare warmth. In simpler terms, it is a question of whether each old piece of clothing can achieve value regeneration; On a larger scale, it is a question of whether the circular economy can develop healthily; To put it more deeply, it is a question of whether public love can be properly placed. So, the recycling of old clothes wrapped in love must not be turned into illegal business, and it is urgent to regulate and rectify it. (New Society)