While the LA fires are a constant news spool, I only found out about this fire in Accra last week because @karenlawler.bsky.social follows various sustainable fashion accounts on insta. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ghana's Kantamanto fire: Clothing market devastated by blaze
Ghana's Kantamanto market has been devastated by fire with traders urging the government to help.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
While the LA fires are a constant news spool, I only found out about this fire in Accra last week because @karenlawler.bsky.social follows various sustainable fashion accounts on insta. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
👀A week before the LA fires, a massive fire at Kantamanto Market in Ghana “reduced huge swaths of the world's largest second-hand clothing market to ashes, destroying millions of items of used clothing and jeopardizing the livelihoods of more than 30,000 people” (CBC News)
January 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
👀A week before the LA fires, a massive fire at Kantamanto Market in Ghana “reduced huge swaths of the world's largest second-hand clothing market to ashes, destroying millions of items of used clothing and jeopardizing the livelihoods of more than 30,000 people” (CBC News)
Rich countries send their casts off and rubbish to poorer countries causing pollution and destruction
In Accra, Ghana, West Shipping 15 Million Used Clothes Weekly to Kantamanto Market many of which will end up in dumps, waterways or informal landfills
www.spacegroup.no/shipping-15-...
In Accra, Ghana, West Shipping 15 Million Used Clothes Weekly to Kantamanto Market many of which will end up in dumps, waterways or informal landfills
www.spacegroup.no/shipping-15-...
Shipping 15 Million Used Clothes Weekly to Kantamanto Market: Westerners Have Built an Accra Beach Where Walking Is Impossible - Space Group
Every Thursday, container ships unload bales of used clothing at the port of Accra, arriving from Europe, North America, and China. The cargo heads to Kantamanto, a market sprawling over more than twe...
www.spacegroup.no
September 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Rich countries send their casts off and rubbish to poorer countries causing pollution and destruction
In Accra, Ghana, West Shipping 15 Million Used Clothes Weekly to Kantamanto Market many of which will end up in dumps, waterways or informal landfills
www.spacegroup.no/shipping-15-...
In Accra, Ghana, West Shipping 15 Million Used Clothes Weekly to Kantamanto Market many of which will end up in dumps, waterways or informal landfills
www.spacegroup.no/shipping-15-...
Ein Feuer hat Westafrikas größten Markt für gebrauchte Kleidung zerstört. Der Kantamanto Market in Ghanas Hauptstadt Accra ist weitgehend abgebrannt.
Großbrand zerstört Großmarkt in Ghana: In Schutt und Asche, aber das Geschäft geht weiter
taz.de
January 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Ein Feuer hat Westafrikas größten Markt für gebrauchte Kleidung zerstört. Der Kantamanto Market in Ghanas Hauptstadt Accra ist weitgehend abgebrannt.
On peut réparer et faire réparer nos vêtements au lieu de les mettre à la poubelle/boîte à don pour qu'ils durent plus longtemps.
Et enfin, on peut soutenir les activistes des pays du sud qui militent pour que leurs pays ne soient plus des décharges à ciel ouvert : stopwastecolonialism.org
Et enfin, on peut soutenir les activistes des pays du sud qui militent pour que leurs pays ne soient plus des décharges à ciel ouvert : stopwastecolonialism.org
Homepage – #STOP WASTE COLONIALISM
Act Now! The Or Foundation is the facilitator of the Stop Waste Colonialism Campaign, but the Kantamanto Community is the driving force. Kantamanto is demanding to be heard. We are demanding that the ...
stopwastecolonialism.org
December 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
On peut réparer et faire réparer nos vêtements au lieu de les mettre à la poubelle/boîte à don pour qu'ils durent plus longtemps.
Et enfin, on peut soutenir les activistes des pays du sud qui militent pour que leurs pays ne soient plus des décharges à ciel ouvert : stopwastecolonialism.org
Et enfin, on peut soutenir les activistes des pays du sud qui militent pour que leurs pays ne soient plus des décharges à ciel ouvert : stopwastecolonialism.org
(2/4) Der #Textilmüll stammt vom Kantamanto-Markt in Accra, Ghana – dem zweitgrößten Importeur von Altkleidern weltweit. Diese #Kleidung ist zunehmend nicht recyclebarer Plastikmüll und belastet die Umwelt vor Ort.
February 5, 2024 at 10:07 AM
(2/4) Der #Textilmüll stammt vom Kantamanto-Markt in Accra, Ghana – dem zweitgrößten Importeur von Altkleidern weltweit. Diese #Kleidung ist zunehmend nicht recyclebarer Plastikmüll und belastet die Umwelt vor Ort.
The giant urban blaze you probably didn't hear about
Massive cleanup under way in Ghana after fire destroys one of world’s biggest secondhand markets
Thousands of traders face ruin after blaze razes two-thirds of Accra’s Kantamanto, which receives an estimated 15m used clothes from global north each week
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The giant urban blaze you probably didn't hear about
On January 1st, 2025, Kantamanto Secondhand Clothing Market in Accra, Ghana, the largest secondhand market in the world, responsible for recirculating millions of items from around the globe every week, caught on fire and burnt to the ground. Please donate if you can donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
Fire Relief for Our Beloved Kantamanto | The OR Foundation Ltd. (Powered by Donorbox)
DONATIONS through January 5th WILL BE MATCHED!Our beloved Kantamanto has burned. On January 1st, 2025, Kantamanto Secondhand Clothing Market in Accra, Ghana, the largest secondhand market in the world...
donorbox.org
January 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
On January 1st, 2025, Kantamanto Secondhand Clothing Market in Accra, Ghana, the largest secondhand market in the world, responsible for recirculating millions of items from around the globe every week, caught on fire and burnt to the ground. Please donate if you can donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
If you are interested at all about the waste we all produce from clothing consumption, please take a listen to this podcast and in particular this episode.
Textile Waste and the Catastrophe at Kantamanto
Haptic & Hue · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you are interested at all about the waste we all produce from clothing consumption, please take a listen to this podcast and in particular this episode.
New podcast out today Textile Waste and The Catastrophe at Kantamanto www.hapticandhue.com/listen
May 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New podcast out today Textile Waste and The Catastrophe at Kantamanto www.hapticandhue.com/listen
Up to half a million items of clothing waste from Kantamanto market, Accra end up in open spaces and informal dumpsites every week.
STOP GHANA BECOMING EUROPE’S TEXTILE WASTE DUMPSITE.
Please sign the petition.
>> act.gp/3zmcnBe
STOP GHANA BECOMING EUROPE’S TEXTILE WASTE DUMPSITE.
Please sign the petition.
>> act.gp/3zmcnBe
Stop Ghana from Becoming Europe's Textile Waste Dumpsite
Fast Fashion, Slow Poison, we highlight that every week up to 500,000 items of clothing waste from Kantamanto Market end up in open spaces and informal dumpsites. Africa is not Europe's textile dumpsi...
act.gp
September 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Up to half a million items of clothing waste from Kantamanto market, Accra end up in open spaces and informal dumpsites every week.
STOP GHANA BECOMING EUROPE’S TEXTILE WASTE DUMPSITE.
Please sign the petition.
>> act.gp/3zmcnBe
STOP GHANA BECOMING EUROPE’S TEXTILE WASTE DUMPSITE.
Please sign the petition.
>> act.gp/3zmcnBe
(3/4) Wir haben eine Woche lang unbrauchbare Kleidung auf dem Kantamanto-Markt gesammelt. Insgesamt wurden etwa 19.000 Kleidungsstücke zur Auswertung nach Hamburg gebracht.
February 5, 2024 at 10:07 AM
(3/4) Wir haben eine Woche lang unbrauchbare Kleidung auf dem Kantamanto-Markt gesammelt. Insgesamt wurden etwa 19.000 Kleidungsstücke zur Auswertung nach Hamburg gebracht.
Ah Otto Addo paaa, how do you go onto the field with your Kantamanto Kaftan to celebrate with the players.
zero composure.
zero composure.
November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Ah Otto Addo paaa, how do you go onto the field with your Kantamanto Kaftan to celebrate with the players.
zero composure.
zero composure.
Good to hear coverage of Kantamanto market & the New Year's Day fire on the BBC World Service Business Daily programme this morning: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...? You can still donate to The Or Is Present's fund to support the community's recovery here: donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Good to hear coverage of Kantamanto market & the New Year's Day fire on the BBC World Service Business Daily programme this morning: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...? You can still donate to The Or Is Present's fund to support the community's recovery here: donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
This Black Friday, a memento from my WASTELAND reporting: a trader in Kantamanto second hand clothes market, Accra.
November 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM
This Black Friday, a memento from my WASTELAND reporting: a trader in Kantamanto second hand clothes market, Accra.
Ten thousand traders have been affected by a fire in Ghana that destroyed nearly two-thirds of one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets.
Ghana fire devastates garment traders | Semafor
Accra’s Kantamanto Market receives around 15 million used clothes from the Global North every week.
www.semafor.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ten thousand traders have been affected by a fire in Ghana that destroyed nearly two-thirds of one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets.
In Accra’s vast Kantamanto Market, designers are reclaiming castoff denim as both creative material and a quiet protest against fashion’s growing waste crisis.
Ghana’s Denim Upcyclers Battle Fast Fashion Waste in Kantamanto Market
In Accra’s vast Kantamanto Market, designers are reclaiming castoff denim as both creative material and a quiet protest against fashion’s growing waste crisis.
wwd.com
July 28, 2026 at 1:38 PM
In Accra’s vast Kantamanto Market, designers are reclaiming castoff denim as both creative material and a quiet protest against fashion’s growing waste crisis.
Ghana's Kantamanto market, a sprawling, 18-acre covered site, is one of the world’s largest secondhand markets. It sells what the locals call “obroni wawu”, or dead white man’s clothes, the implication being someone must have died to offload so much stuff.
An important article for everyone who plans to buy new clothes for Christmas:
"There are enough garments in the world to dress the next six generations. Yet the number of clothes in the global north is soaring with devastating consequences"
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
"There are enough garments in the world to dress the next six generations. Yet the number of clothes in the global north is soaring with devastating consequences"
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Fast fashion: Where do all our unwanted clothes end up?
There are enough garments in the world to dress the next six generations. Yet the number of clothes in the global north is soaring with devastating consequences
www.irishexaminer.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Ghana's Kantamanto market, a sprawling, 18-acre covered site, is one of the world’s largest secondhand markets. It sells what the locals call “obroni wawu”, or dead white man’s clothes, the implication being someone must have died to offload so much stuff.
We are in solidarity with the thousands of traders whose livelihoods have been severely impacted by the tragic fire that has devastated Kantamanto Market in Ghana. 💔
January 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We are in solidarity with the thousands of traders whose livelihoods have been severely impacted by the tragic fire that has devastated Kantamanto Market in Ghana. 💔
Sweet coconuts, Kantamanto used clothes market, Accra
January 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Sweet coconuts, Kantamanto used clothes market, Accra