![]() ![]() The preliminary results should be published by the end of the year. "There is a real danger for our metabolism because the fish swallow these substances and we eat the fish," said the laboratory technician, responsible for environmental research at the Or Foundation, the NGO coordinating this investigation. "We're measuring the amount of microfibers in the water, from all those nylon and polyamide clothes that wash up on our beaches," Ayesu explained as he put the lid on a test tube. These samples, which have been collected from the ocean (the Gulf of Guinea) and the lagoon every week since August 2022, aim to assess the pollution caused by massive quantities of used textiles offloaded from Western countries and Asia. It's a scene of devastation that Ayesu and his team cross to gather a little water from the sea. Women Clothing Tape,Beauty Tape,Fashion Double Sided Tape for Clothing and Body,Scarf, Clear Transparent Tape for All Fabric Types and All Skin, 16.5 Ft. At the far end of this working-class district in Accra, Ghana's capital, you have to slalom between fishermen's boats, polystyrene trays, plastic bottles and – above all – mountains of shoes, pants and tattered tee shirts, which in places, create dunes where pigs linger. On Jamestown Beach, Joey Ayesu's team's morning route is no walk in the park. ![]() The beach is littered with used clothes from industrialized countries that arrive there every week. Subscribers only At the fishing port of Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on February 19, 2023. The West African country is overwhelmed by the massive quantities of used, poor-quality textiles being offloaded from Western countries and Asia.īy Marie de Vergès Published on May 23, 2023, at 4:28 am (Paris), updated on May 23, 2023, at 9:25 am Ghana's battle against 'waste colonialism' in the wake of fast fashion ![]()
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