Industrialized countries send millions of metric tonnes of used clothing, electronic equipment and other products to the Global South, and with them, the environmental and health costs tied to producing, consuming and disposing of those goods. In Accra, Ghana, thousands of pieces of secondhand clothing arrive each week at the Kantamanto Market,…
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