{"id":218796,"date":"2024-09-18T12:37:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T12:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/18\/ban-second-hand-clothing-importation-greenpeace-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T12:37:13","slug":"ban-second-hand-clothing-importation-greenpeace-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/18\/ban-second-hand-clothing-importation-greenpeace-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Second-hand Clothing Importation \u2013Greenpeace Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Officials of Greenpeace Africa and traders from Katamanto in a pose with <\/strong><strong>copies of the report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ACCORDING to a study conducted by Greenpeace Africa, approximately 1,500 tonnes of second-hand garments\u00a0are received in\u00a0Kantamanto, Ghana\u2019s largest second-hand clothing market, with majority of these clothes being made with fossil fuel based synthetic fibres like polyester.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly \u00a0half of the clothes, the study revealed, are of such poor quality that they have no resale value and end up being thrown away onto open dumpsites where they are sometimes burnt, releasing hazardous chemicals into the air, or used as fuel to heat water, thereby polluting the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the study has urged the government of Ghana to ban the importation of what it termed \u2018dead waste\u2019 clothing into the Ghanaian market, especially considering its dire effects on the country\u2019s waste and health management systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ghanaian government needs to\u00a0end the importation of dead textile waste and only import used clothes that can actually be reused as wearable clothing. They should\u00a0no longer accept waste dumping from the Global North through action, legislation, industries and alternatives,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>In its report titled: \u2018Fast Fashion, Slow Poison; The Toxic Textile Crisis in Ghana\u2019, the NGO highlights the dangers and negative impacts of fast fashion on communities in Ghana while proposing alternative measures in addressing the impacts of second-hand clothing on Ghana\u2019s economic and environmental landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of the report in Accra, Mike Anane, leader of the research team said Greenpeace, said, \u201cThe majority (89%) of clothing waste that ends up in dumpsites would eventually break into microplastics leaching into the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Madam Elizabeth Nartey and Madam Joyce, second-hand jeans and ladies\u2019 wear traders respectively in Katamanto, bemoaned how they run huge losses in the business as most of the goods in the bails they import turn out to be unusable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not asking for a ban on the sale of used clothing. However, we are saying that the waste in the bills should cease being included. We need to rethink this business model called fast fashion\u201d, explained Ferdinand Omondi, Communication and Story Manager, Greenpeace Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace Africa, in the report, urged the government to invest and\u00a0build a sustainable local textile industry by embracing and supporting local solutions; and\u00a0promote makers of clothes and fashion in Africa, using alternative business models such as cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Nii Adjei Mensahfio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials of Greenpeace Africa and traders from Katamanto in a pose with copies of the report \u00a0 ACCORDING to a study conducted by Greenpeace Africa, approximately 1,500 tonnes of second-hand garments\u00a0are received in\u00a0Kantamanto, Ghana\u2019s largest second-hand clothing market, with majority of these clothes being made with fossil fuel based synthetic fibres like polyester. 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