One more reason I buy wool clothing that will last me years instead of fast fashion disposables. An excellent, but disturbing article.
“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. Mounds of textile waste litter beaches across the capital, Accra, and the lagoon which serves as the main outlet through which the city’s major drainage channels empty into the Gulf of Guinea.” source
More articles of interest
- Boston University: The Aftermath of Fast Fashion
- The Center for Biological Diversity: At What Cost? Unravelling The Harms Of The Fast Fashion Industry
- EarthDay.org: What is Sustainable Fashion?
