Why is Ghana ‘swimming in trash’?
An activist is swimming the length of Volta River to highlight textile waste pollution
Africa Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
We regularly hear about plastic pollution – but what about textile waste? An activist is swimming the length of Ghana's longest river – all 450 kilometres of it - to highlight the issue of unchecked second hand clothing imports and its impact on water pollution. Ghana imports a staggering 15 million pieces of unwanted clothing every WEEK - more than any other African country.
The clothes are donated or recycled by people from the west, but 40% of the items actually end up in landfill. Many are then washed into rivers.
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