WATCH and SHARE: Africa is drowning in fast fashion textile waste

With reports that around 30 million used garments arrive in Ghana every fortnight - for a population of over 30 million - well beyond any demand for second-hand clothes, we wanted to find out what was really happening on the ground. [1] [2]

Our recent investigation shows that up to 500,000 items of clothing waste from Accra’s Kantamanto market end up in open spaces and informal dumpsites every week. [3]

Watch and share this video to expose this crisis and demand the Ghanaian government end the importation of textile dead waste, promote local solutions, hold fashion companies accountable and make them pay for the damage they cause. Effective action must be taken to ensure that the Global North knows Africa is not their dumping ground. 

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With reports that around 30 million used garments arrive in Ghana every fortnight - for a population of over 30 million - well beyond any demand for second-hand clothes. [1] [2] We wanted to find out what was really happening on the ground.

Our recent investigation shows that up to 500,000 items of clothing waste from Accra’s Kantamanto market end up in open spaces and informal dumpsites every week. [3]

Watch and share this video to expose this crisis and demand the Ghanaian government end the importation of textile dead waste, promote local solutions, hold fashion companies accountable and make them pay for the damage they cause. Effective action must be taken to ensure that the Global North knows Africa is not their dumping ground. 

[1] ‘It’s like a death pit’: how Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground', The Guardian
[2] Tackling Ghana's Textile-Waste Challenge, TBI
[3] Fast Fashion, Slow Poison, Greenpeace Africa & Greenpeace Germany

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