The textile industry causes a massive amount of pollution, contributing up to 10 per cent of global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The fashion industry also generates a huge amount of waste, with clothing either being dumped in landfill or shipped to lower-income countries to be sold, causing environmental, economic and social damage.
The IFFAC team alongside the Annan Capital and Circularity Works team visits Kantamanto, Ghana’s largest second-hand clothing market and one of the biggest in the world to investigate possible solutions to overcome the textile waste problem.
With textile recycling technology improving rapidly, Wasted textiles can become a useful raw material for environmentally aware retailers, rather than ending up in landfill and adding to the climate crisis.
