As Fast Fashion's Waste Pollutes Africa's Environment, Designers in Ghana Are Finding a Solution ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning ...

Neither Ghana’s fast-growing population of 34 million people nor its overtaxed infrastructure is equipped to absorb the amount of cast-off attire entering the country.

The volume of secondhand clothing sent to Africa has led to complaints of the continent being used as a dumping ground. In 2018, Rwanda raised tariffs on such imports in defiance of U.S. pressure, ...

Desmond Alugnoa, GAIA Africa’s Program Manager, insists, “Africa cannot become a dumping ground for fast fashion’s waste. This is not charity; this is waste colonialism.

As fast fashion's waste pollutes Africa's environment, ... The volume of secondhand clothing sent to Africa has led to complaints of the continent being used as a dumping ground.

As fast fashion's waste pollutes Africa's environment, ... The volume of secondhand clothing sent to Africa has led to complaints of the continent being used as a dumping ground.

As fast fashion’s waste pollutes Africa’s environment, designers in Ghana are finding a solution Cows are seen at the largest dumpsite where textile waste ends up at Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana ...

As fast fashion’s waste pollutes Africa’s environment, ... The volume of secondhand clothing sent to Africa has led to complaints of the continent being used as a dumping ground.

But neither Ghana’s fast-growing population of 34 million people nor its overtaxed infrastructure is equipped to absorb the amount of cast-off attire entering the country.

As fast fashion's waste pollutes Africa's environment, ... The volume of secondhand clothing sent to Africa has led to complaints of the continent being used as a dumping ground.

But neither Ghana’s fast-growing population of 34 million people nor its overtaxed infrastructure is equipped to absorb the amount of cast-off attire entering the country.