Heaps of discarded clothing from the U.K. have been dumped in protected wetlands in Ghana, an investigation found.
Heaps of discarded clothing from the U.K. have been dumped in protected wetlands in Ghana, an investigation found.
Items from retailers Marks & Spencer, Primark, H&M, Zara, and Next were found piled up along the Densu River in Ghana and in the Densu Delta wetlands, a nesting site for endangered leatherback and green turtles, according to reporting from Unearthed.
Clothing has also amassed on beaches and in canals in the nearby capital city of Accra. At one resort, staff reportedly spend four hours every day gathering used clothes and plastic bottles from the beach.
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A textile dump inside the Densu Delta near Accra, Ghana. (Photo Credit: Samuel Baidoo / Unearthed / Greenpeace)
