Cases / Waste management · Ghana · 2026
Four global fashion brands launch second-hand clothing recovery coalition in Ghana
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Brands including H&M, Inditex, Bestseller and adidas set up a recovery coalition at Kantamanto market in Accra, which Ghana News Agency said returns about 25 million garments a month. The sources reviewed give no measured environmental outcome for the market's garment waste.
What?
Four global fashion brands set up a collection coalition at Kantamanto market to recover second-hand clothing. Ghana News Agency
Where?
Kantamanto market, Accra, Ghana. Ghana News Agency
When?
Reported on 2 October 2026. Ghana News Agency
Who?
Gained
- H&M, Inditex, Bestseller and adidas — set up the Apparel Recovery Coalition in the market Ghana News Agency
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The sources reviewed do not describe how the coalition collects or processes garments.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Ghana News Agency reported on 2 October 2026 that H&M, Inditex, BESTSELLER and adidas had set up the Apparel Recovery Coalition at Kantamanto.
The agency said the market returns about 25 million garments a month.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: about 15 million garments a week arrive at Kantamanto, and about 40% leave unsold (Or Foundation figure, cited via Fashion Dive; the link was not verified).
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: about 30,000 people earn a living from the market (cited to Ghana News Agency, September 2024; no link in the sources reviewed).
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the traders' association says less than 5% of incoming bales is waste, against 4% in a 2022 Or Foundation study.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Or Foundation and Akra municipality oppose an import ban on second-hand clothing (no link in the sources reviewed).
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say what share of collected garments will be reused, sold or discarded.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Global fashion firms launch second-hand clothing recovery coalition in GhanaGhana News Agency · 2026-10-02
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