Ghana is bearing the environmental and health costs of a global trade in discarded electronics and second-hand clothing. At Accra’s scrapyards, workers risk exposure to toxic substances as they recover metals from electronic waste, while millions of imported garments add to the piles of textile waste polluting the country’s beaches. “This is not just an environmental crisis, says Greenpeace plastics project expert Hellen Kahaso Dena. “It’s also a human health crisis.”
