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Podcast: レアジョブ英会話 Daily News Article Podcast
Episode: Donated synthetic 2nd hand clothes creating environmental hazard for Kenyans
Description: Environmental campaigners are demanding action to tackle the mountains of low-grade second-hand clothes in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The groups say most of the used garments come from the EU, but they’re of such poor quality that half of what arrives is ending up in landfill and polluting rivers. Landfills like this scar the Nairobi landscape. According to environmentalist groups in Kenya, many of these sites are effectively filled with synthetic fabrics from second-hand clothes donated from overseas. They say the clothes are mostly from the EU – donated to charities after they’ve already had second-, and perhaps, third-hand use.
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