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The Or Foundation — they count, recover, and organize at Kantamanto Market in Accra. They take donations.

Check whether your state has textile EPR legislation moving: search "textile EPR" + your state.

Find a Buy Nothing group: search "Buy Nothing" + your neighborhood on Facebook or the Buy Nothing app.

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If you only read one thing:

• Your donated clothes might end up here — Yale Climate Connections, 2026
• Ghana becomes dumping ground for the world's unwanted used clothes — PBS NewsHour
• Stop Waste Colonialism — The Or Foundation

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slide 2 — headlines

• Your donated clothes might end up here — Yale Climate Connections
• Recycled clothes from Scandinavia end up as trash abroad — Courthouse News Service
• Ghana becomes dumping ground for the world's unwanted used clothes — PBS NewsHour

slide 3 — roughly 50% can't be sold in stores

• Goodwill Evolves Resale: Powering a Circular Economy with Technology and Collaboration — Waste360, April 2026