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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.