Chinese retailer Shein is hoping to balance the export of its secondhand clothing to Ghana by throwing money at the waste that clothing generates. During a global fashion summit in Copenhagen last week, Shein announced plans to donate $15 million over three years to The Or Foundation, a nonprofit that studies fast fashion waste in Ghana. Shein’s pledge fails to do one important thing: Stop secondhand Shein products from adding to the problem. Ghana’s hub for secondhand clothingEach week, an estimated 15 million secondhand garments arrive in Ghana from Europe and North America, lumped together in bales that resellers then sort through en masse. But as the biggest player in fast fashion, Shein also has strong motivation to play nice.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 14, 2022 10:27 UTC