Each week, roughly 15 million pieces of used clothing arrive in Ghana’s capital, Accra. Traders buy in bales for anywhere from $25 to $500, and try to re-sell to make a profit. A mountain ridge of ...

A mountain ridge of garbage mars the beauty of a beach in Ghana. One of the chief culprits is textile waste from industrialized nations in the west, an unintended consequence of charity. When used ...

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As travel begins to make its inevitable comeback, people are planning more vacations, whether they’re sticking to road trips closer to home for now or taking off on international trips for the first ...