Return to sender: Why Africa doesn’t need any more of your clothes

Actors Luise Befort (L) and Fabian Grischkat participate in a protest at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Greenpeace's activists are protesting at the start of Berlin Fashion Week with a roughly 3.5 meter high and 12 meter wide mountain of textile waste against the Fast Fashion industry. A banner reading "FAST FASHION – KLEIDER MACHEN MÜLL" (Fast Fashion - Clothes Make Waste) warns of the impacts of the Fast Fashion industry. The textiles for the clothing mountain were attached to a support structure and come from the Kantamanto Market in Accra, the largest second-hand market in Ghana. Schauspielerin Luise Befort (l) und Schauspieler Fabian Grischkat beteiligen sich an einer Demonstration vor dem Brandenburger Tor in Berlin. Greenpeace-Aktivist:innen protestieren zum Auftakt der Berliner Fashion Week mit einem etwa 3,5 Meter hohen und 12 Meter breiten Berg aus Textilabfällen gegen die Fast Fashion-Industrie. Ein Banner mit der Aufschrift "Fast Fashion – Kleider machen Müll" warnt vor den Auswirkungen der Fast-Fashion-Industrie. Die Textilien für den Kleiderberg wurden auf einer Trägerkonstruktion befestigt und stammen vom Kantamanto-Markt in Accra, dem größten Second-Hand-Markt Ghanas.

For several years now, my country Ghana has been dealing with a silent plague: second-hand clothes.

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