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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Melissa Chemam

Ghana grapples with crisis caused by world's throwaway fashion

A Greenpeace team has carried out infrared scans and analyses textile waste at the landfill site near Mortuary Road in Ghana from 2023. © Kevin McElvaney / Greenpeace - Kevin McElvaney

This week's podcast focuses on textile waste from fast fashion. As cheap clothes from China, Asia and Europe increasingly end up in West Africa, pollution is rising – particularly in Ghana. RFI spoke to Greenpeace Africa investigators to understand the scale of the issue and how to combat it.

Ghana is being swamped by millions of unwanted clothes from the West, creating an environmental disaster as textile waste piles up across the country.

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