Beyond the Bale Africa

Many people are unaware of the dark side of the clothing industry. At Beyond the Bale Africa we seek to unravel the mystery behind the beautiful clothings we wear. Stay tuned for more insight on this storyline.

The environmental disaster fuelled by used clothes and fast fashion | Foreign Correspondent The dark side of the world’s fashion addiction. Many of our old clothes, donatedto charities, end up in rotting textile mountains in West Africa. This is a s...

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Artists of Ghana are doing their part to try to combat the wasteful global “fast fashion problem”. Which is a huge problem in our worldly culture. We buy more than we need, we donate… goodwill, salvation army etc sells off the “best” and ship off to Ghana and other places, 150lb bags of the “everything they don’t sell” from all over the world,… what they can’t sell, those folks are then supposed to pay to dump…folks who have not much money to begin with. - So does it end up in landfills? Some. But Many end up in the ocean and other random places. This is everyone’s problem.. not just Ghanas. We have been visiting Many artists, and co-ops who are trying to do their part in up-cycling…they can only make a tiny dent in this global problem. - I wish everyone could see the Kantamanto used clothing market. It would change you in ways you can’t imagine. the market had enough clothes to dress everyone in the U.S. and then some….it was a massive market. The video is just one tiny part of it. - There is so much more I could say about this but there are not enough spaces for the post to do so. - The Revival, gathers many clothing items that are unsalable. Torn and dirty jeans, plain tshirts, winter coats… yes! The world sends them winter coats… to a HOT country.. where revival turns it into artistic clothing, hand bags, screen prints tshirts, shopping bags, rugs, or shreds them into fibers to make paper… realize each of these groups are under 20 people… working hard to make the unusable into something that won’t end up in a landfill. - @gahmichael searches for clothing to make portraits. Tei Huagie uses metal, tires, and other materials for his sculpture and paintings. - Tomorrow we will visit @kokrobitey.institute a residential learning center committed to sustainable development by exploring traditional knowledge systems as they pertain to sustainability, education, resourceful design and social entrepreneurship. - I wish everyone could come to see and learn about the life of that shirt you donate, and the life it leads once it leaves your hands… It has been a powerful, humbling, & thoughtful, day in Ghana❤️ @creative_arts_safaris

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SECONDHAND CLOTHING A NEW DOCUMENTARY IS HERE!In the search for a greener and more sustainable world that allows the reduction of global pollution, the secondhand clothing indus...

Why is Zimbabwe banning second hand clothes? Zimbabwean street vendors say a move to ban the importation of second hand clothes for re-sale could drive thousands of traders into poverty. With soaring na...

Ghana's Textile Waste Crisis: The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion Ghana is facing a serious environmental crisis due to the large volume of unwanted clothing, with around 15 million second-hand items arriving each week, nea...

Kenya's waste management: How secondhand clothes business impacts the environment When Europeans grow out of their clothes, or even just get bored of the same pair of jeans, rather than just throwing them into the trash, many donate them ...

15 million used garments are imported weekly into Ghana, with 40% going straight to landfill, creating an environmental nightmare.

How Second- hand Clothes Create Environmental Pollution In Ghana Across the world, fashion brands are overproducing to meet the demands of modern trends and this is creating a huge environmental challenge in West Africa es...

This video reveals the environmental impacts and the cost Africa is paying for second-hand clothing.

Used clothing from Europe: Trash or treasure for Africa? | DW News Used clothing from the Global North is a thriving business in Africa, but it hurts local producers. A plan in the EU will make manufacturers responsible for ...