ACT Featured by Deutsche Welle: Turning Textile Waste Into Something Useful

Deutsche Welle highlights ACT’s work in Kenya and Nigeria, showing how local systems turn discarded textiles into reused and upcycled products.

Deutsche Welle has published a new video and article about textile waste and the work Africa Collect Textiles does in Nairobi and Lagos.

The piece shows a growing global problem: only 1% of all textiles are recycled. At the same time, 90% of used clothes in Europe end up in Africa and Asia. Many of these items cannot be reused and become waste as soon as they arrive.

Deutsche Welle follows ACT as one of the organisations creating practical solutions on the ground. ACT collects old clothes and shoes, sorts everything by hand, and turns what cannot be worn again into useful products. Some textiles become bags, rugs, or other upcycled items. Others are reused as affordable second-life clothing in local communities.

The video highlights how ACT works in both Kenya and Nigeria, and how simple, local systems can keep textiles in use for longer.

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