Ghana clothing dealers challenge Greenpeace probe

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Environmental NGO says textile waste is being dumped in the country’s protected wetlands – but used garment dealers defend the trade

ACCRA – Secondhand clothing dealers in Ghana have challenged Greenpeace claims that used garments have been found in a huge rubbish dump in the country's protected wetlands.

It is the latest development in a dispute between the traders and the environmental NGO about the impacts of used clothing exports from the Global North to African countries such as Ghana.

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