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Liz Ricketts, of The OR Foundation. Fighting Textile Waste at the Real End of Life

Liz Ricketts, of The OR Foundation. Fighting Textile Waste at the Real End of Life22 dec 202459 min

In this final episode of the podcast, we speak with Liz Ricketts, Co-founder of The OR foundation to shed light on the last stage of life of our garments. We dive deep into their work, and the economic systems that allow this whole mess to happen in the first place. The OR Foundation is a non profit operating out of the US and Ghana focused on addressing textile waste and supporting the local community of Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana, the worlds largest secondhand clothing ma...