BERLIN – Textile waste exported to African countries, such as Ghana, is a significant source of plastic pollution, according to new joint research by Greenpeace Germany and Greenpeace Africa.
Greenpeace collected 4.6 tonnes of used clothing – around 19,000 garments – which had been shipped to Ghana and which researchers said would otherwise have been thrown away.
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