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A beach in Ghana with washed-up garments.
FAST FASHION

Where do the clothes go after we put them in a recycling bin? An 11-month investigation covering thousands of kilometers

EL PAÍS followed the path of 15 geolocated garments for months and over thousands of kilometers to gauge the environmental and social costs of the mass consumption of fast fashion. Dubbed in Africa as ‘dead white man’s clothing,’ it pollutes countries in the Global South, feeds opaque commercial networks and leaves a long carbon footprint in its wake