Recherchetool für Materialien Poisoned gifts. From donation to garbage dump: How textile waste is exported to East Africa disguised as second-hand clothing Nowhere is the failure of the linear business model of the fast fashion industry more apparent than in the countries where many of these cheap garments end up after their short lives: They are burned on open fires or land on huge garbage dumps, along rivers from where they are washed into the sea, with serious consequences for humans and the environment. This briefing shows the role of imported old clothes, so-called ‘Mitumba’, in East Africa and how many of them are of such poor quality that they end up directly in the garbage dump. 15 pages free of charge to Scope: Reference: back
