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What looks like textile waste, is actually not.  It's plastic.

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The amazing story about the mountains of textile waste in Ghana. Mountains that doesn´t exist, but nevertheless have been broadcasted all around the world as a major problem. Unfortunately these claims has also influenced policymakers and politicians within the EU, which has led to new regulations that actually threatens the circular system of clothes.

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Everyone talks about textile waste exports, but noboy can explain the business model.

The idea that Europe is exporting textile waste to Africa has become one of the most powerful narratives shaping the future of the global second hand trade. It rests on a simple assumption: that somebody is making money by shipping unusable clothing across continents and transferring disposal costs to poorer countries.

What happens when an unverified and disputed claim becomes the foundation for international policy? As the debate over textile waste in Africa continues, support is growing for new regulations that could reshape the global trade in used clothing. The question is whether policymakers are addressing a real problem or an imagined one, and putting one of the world's largest circular textile systems at risk along the way.

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How an unverified claim became a global truth.

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