This article is sickening to read. It perfectly encapsulates the disgusting horror of consumer capitalism at its very worst while presenting the stark difference in reality between the Global North and South.
‘It’s Like a Death Pit’
How Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground
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It us truly sickening, and Ghana is also a key dumping ground for e-waste. The sick and twisted US and European colonialists at it again.
@breadandcircuses Yikes. Worrying that this applies to the charity shops ecosystem as well as general fashion dumping.
What proportion of the problem is unsold clothes dumped directly by the retailers vs charity shops? I was under the impression that a sizeable proportion of clothes produced were never sold, the reports here suggest most of it is genuinely post-consumer ... but not saleable, which is a bad sign, since charity shops generally aren't happy with having to pay to dispose of unsaleable goods.