Accra, poubelle de la fast fashion mondiale

 Matières premières et énergie nucléaire au sommaire de ce supplément. Dans la première partie, les gisements de fer des monts du Simandou pourraient marquer un tournant décisif pour l'économie guinéenne. En deuxième partie, direction la France, avec Pauline Gleize qui nous expli ...  Show more

Turquie et Gabon au sommaire du Grand reportage du supplément du samedi. Dans la première partie, le Gabon aux urnes pour l'élection présidentielle le samedi 12 avril 2025. En deuxième partie, direction la Turquie, pour le reportage de Céline Pierre-Magnani, nous revenons sur la ...  Show more

We regularly hear about plastic pollution – but what about textile waste? An activist is swimming the length of Ghana's longest river – all 450 kilometres of it - to highlight the issue of unchecked second hand clothing imports and its impact on water pollution. Ghana imports a s ...  Show more

Ed Butler travels to Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana. 15 million used garments arrive in Ghana every week from all over the world - most ends up at Kantamanto but a lot can't be sold because it's in poor condition. That ends up as landfill. Just weeks after Ed’s visit, a disast ...  Show more

More than a quarter of all clothes made are never actually sold - where do they go?We look into new legislation being finalised by the EU, to try and make fashion more sustainable. There will be a ban on the incineration of unsold goods and each product will need a digital passpo ...  Show more

Fast fashion took over the apparel industry, but consumers are tiring of its poor labor and environmental standards. Vox’s Terry Nguyen explains. Today’s show was produced by Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hos ...  Show more