Heaps of Unwanted Clothes Believed To Be 'Okrika' From UK Wash Up on Ghana's Beaches
Disturbing images from Ghana's capital city of Accra show massive piles of wet garments strewn across the sand, many of which are thought to have been imported from the United Kingdom and other Western nations.
According to the environmental sustainability charity WRAP, up to 70% of the UK's waste clothes from retail and donation are exported, with only the US exporting more globally.
According to the charity, most of the clothes sent to West Africa from the United Kingdom and America cannot be resold due to their poor condition, and these clothes end up being a major contributor to pollution.
Photographs from Accra's coastal fishing community of Jamestown demonstrate the scope of the problem.
In one image, a man is seen stepping over a pile of clothes that extends from the sand into the sea.
Other images from the scene show the items submerged in water, indicating that the pollution problem is now affecting both land and sea.
In one image, a man is seen stepping over a pile of clothes that extends from the sand into the sea.
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Other pictures from the scene show the items under the water, with the pollution problem now affecting both land and sea.
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