A report on pollution at the Agbogbloshie waste dump in Accra, Ghana, where scrap workers and residents are exposed to toxic smoke and contamination. It notes a three-month cleanup launched by President John Mahama and plans to formalise waste pickers.
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Waste management is a prominent theme at the COP31 climate talks, which began in Turkey on Monday.
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I have headaches and coughs after long days under the sun, but I have never sought medical care. I feel they are normal
the cumulative contamination raises concern even if precise causal chains remain unquantified
A lot of clothes that are shipped into Ghana come as waste
these volumes far exceed local demand and... burdens waste systems
Mahama Ayariga · to bring garbage pickers and tricycle hauliers into the formal recycling process and create up to 20,000 permanent jobs in waste management and the circular economy
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overwhelming the fragile wetlands overlooking a slum of around 80,000 residents
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Greenpeace estimates that 15 million used garments arrive in Ghana each week.
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One study Greenpeace cited put Ghana's used clothing imports at over 110,000 tonnes in 2022.
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For the country's 35 million people
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Greenpeace found that 89 percent of sampled "dead" garments contained petrochemical fibres such as polyester
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He makes about 50 to 100 cedi ($4 to $9) a day.
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hauling garbage to a landfill about 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside Accra
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to create up to 20,000 permanent jobs in waste management and the circular economy
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In September, President John Mahama launched a three-month cleanup to remove about one million tonnes of waste from Agbogbloshie.
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