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As fast fashion takes over clothing sales, what happens to the well-intentioned donations to charity shops? Written by Oliver Franklin-Wallis. Read by Russ Bain.

'Fast fashion' is everywhere. From shops to charity shops to landfills thousands of miles from where they started, the unintended damage of well-intentioned donations is literally flooding parts of Ghana.

Oliver Franklin-Wallis traces the journey of a humble T-shirt and meets the stylish Ghanian innovators trying to change how the system works and look great while doing it.

Read by Russ Bain
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Naomi Walmsley

14 minutes

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Wed 29 Nov 202300:30
BBC Radio 4

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