Vendors at Kantamanto Market in Accra begin their day by competing for the best second-hand clothing items.

• Each morning, the same scene unfolds at Kantamanto Market where used clothing merchants vie for premium items.

Kantamanto Market's vendors are facing economic hardship as low-quality fast fashion items dominate the market.

• For the past few years, traders have been struggling due to a decline in demand for low-quality garments.

West African vendors depend on clothing donations from the West, receiving up to 15 million garments weekly.

• Vendors in West Africa rely on consumer donations and recycled clothing from Europe, the USA, and China.

The increase in fast fashion items being sent to Ghana has resulted in unsold, damaged goods that contribute to waste.

• More fast fashion articles are being shipped to Ghana, many of which are torn or damaged upon arrival and remain unsold.

A significant portion of imported clothing in Ghana ends up in landfills, posing environmental hazards.

• An estimated 40% of the clothing that arrives in Ghana is discarded in landfills, with the added danger of these clothes being swept into the ocean.

At the end of the day, trucks collect unsold low-quality clothing from Kantamanto Market for disposal.

• Trucks pick up low-quality clothing from Kantamanto Market at the end of the day to dispose of it in the landfill.

Increased clothing consumption in the West leads to a surge in waste shipped to countries like Ghana.

• Western consumers now purchase 60% more clothing than they did 15 years ago, resulting in Ghana receiving a significant portion of this waste.