"Stocking Recycling" YouTuber Admitting to Being a 'Pervert', Controversy Over Collecting Women's Underwear on Broadcast

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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] A YouTuber has sparked controversy after reportedly hand-washing women's underwear discarded in clothing collection bins and reselling them.

Recently, a post titled "Be careful when putting clothes in used clothing collection bins" was uploaded on an online community. The author wrote, "I searched on YouTube to see if it was okay to throw clothes into used clothing collection bins while organizing my clothes, and I came across this kind of video," adding, "They sell other people's underwear to their subscribers for money."

The problematic YouTube channel mentioned by the author had numerous videos showing the collection of women's underwear and stockings from clothing collection bins. Additionally, this YouTuber uploaded videos of hand-washing discarded women's underwear.

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Regarding this, the author pointed out in the comments, "The video showed underwear gathered separately, and the YouTuber called themselves a 'pervert,' so I wondered if this was acceptable. Is this really okay?" In fact, the word "pervert" was used quite frequently in the videos posted by this YouTuber.

Notably, the YouTube channel's description stated, "All secondhand clothing is not sold to minors," and mentioned that adult verification is required for clothing transactions.

Netizens have expressed discomfort over the fact that underwear discarded in clothing collection bins is being resold. One netizen commented, "I don't understand why someone would rummage through and sell other people's underwear. I don't understand throwing underwear into collection bins, but reselling them is even more incomprehensible."

Some argue that the act of discarding underwear in clothing collection bins itself is problematic. One netizen said, "Underwear is usually thrown away in volume-based waste bags. Clothing collection bins are intended to donate or recycle normal clothes for those in need. Putting used underwear in them is the problem."

Meanwhile, clothing collection bins are installed throughout neighborhoods to collect used clothes for recycling and sorting purposes. These bins are privately owned by individual business operators for profit, and the collected clothing is sold to scrap dealers or exported overseas.