22nd - 23rd MAY 2025 @ Kempinski Hotel Accra, GHANA

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The True Cost of Fast Fashion

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Ghana is uniquely positioned to lead the charge in addressing textile waste and promoting sustainable fashion practices.

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Impact Goals

Impact Goals

Landfills2Landmarks is committed to reducing textile waste, creating sustainable jobs, and positioning Ghana as a leader in the circular economy. By investing in recycling infrastructure, policy reforms, and green innovation, we aim to transform the textile industry into a driver of economic and environmental progress.

  • Scaling Upcycling Businesses – Connecting designers to production and distribution channels.
  • Education & Training in Zero-Waste Design – Building capacity for sustainable fashion production.

Establish systems and infrastructure to ensure all used textiles in Ghana are recycled, upcycled, or repurposed by 2050, with a 30% diversion milestone by 2030 and a 50% milestone by 2035. Focus on building awareness, pilot projects, and partnerships in the initial phase, while scaling up infrastructure and policies to achieve full diversion by 2050.

Foster economic growth by creating sustainable jobs in textile recycling, upcycling, and green supply chains, with 15,000 jobs achieved by 2030.

Reduce carbon emissions in Ghana’s textile sector by promoting recycling and upcycling practices, aligning with global climate action goals.

Engage communities, artisans, policymakers, and industry leaders to adopt sustainable practices and foster a culture of environmental stewardship.

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Who We Are

Landfills2Landmarks is an NGO formed to address a gap in global textile policy: what happens to textiles once they reach downstream markets. Without clear evidence, responsibility is displaced and downstream actors continue to absorb the hidden costs of fast fashion.

Our work began in Ghana, home to one of the largest second hand clothing markets in the world. Here we introduced the first downstream traceability tool, a system that records textile flows from import to end of life. In collaboration with trader associations, regulators, and retail leadership, we are piloting a Buy Back Scheme that enables unsold stock to be returned through a credit system. We also established a Research and Policy Taskforce to convert market data into structured evidence for regulators, brands, and financiers.

These initiatives set the foundation for a model of downstream responsibility that can be scaled globally.  They provide the evidence base for decisions that divert textiles from landfills, create green jobs, and attract investment into recycling and circular infrastructure.

Landfills2Landmarks operates in Ghana, the United Kingdom, and with international partners. We provide a neutral platform where governments, market associations, financiers, and communities can use shared facts to deliver systemic change in the global textile economy.

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Through collaborative efforts with government and private institutions, we have developed solutions that streamline operations, enhance service delivery, and boost revenue mobilization, helping to strengthen the infrastructure that serves our communities. Each project we undertake is a testament to our commitment to building sustainable, impactful change that aligns with a vision for a digitally empowered future.

Vision

A global textile economy where responsibility is shared across the value chain and landfills are no longer the end point of fashion.

Mission

Our mission as a non-governmental organisation is to embed downstream evidence into the global textile system & turn end-of-life textiles into opportunities. Each year we convene the value chain in Accra at the Landfills2Landmarks Summit, creating the space where governments, traders, brands, recyclers & financiers commit to shared responsibility. We ensure that downstream data informs EPR frameworks & finance models so that textiles are diverted from landfills, green jobs are created, & policy reflects market realities.

Our Purpose

Landfills2Landmarks is a registered charitable organisation in Ghana with the mission to advance circular economy solutions that reduce textile waste, prevent environmental degradation, and create sustainable livelihoods. The organisation works to address the growing global challenge of second-hand clothing and fast fashion imports, which place a significant burden on local waste management systems and communities.

Its purpose is to design, pilot, and scale community-driven solutions that divert textiles from landfills, promote sustainable production and consumption, and build resilience to climate change. Landfills2Landmarks operates as a convening platform that connects government, private sector, civil society, and international partners to deliver evidence-based interventions aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular:

  • ⁠ ⁠SDG 8 – promoting decent work and green jobs through upcycling and recycling enterprises.
  • ⁠ ⁠SDG 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns, with a focus on textile circularity.
  • ⁠ ⁠SDG 13 – taking climate action through carbon reduction and community adaptation initiatives.
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Through collaborative efforts with government and private institutions, we have developed solutions that streamline operations, enhance service delivery, and boost revenue mobilization, helping to strengthen the infrastructure that serves our communities. Each project we undertake is a testament to our commitment to building sustainable, impactful change that aligns with a vision for a digitally empowered future.

The organisation’s objectives include:

  1. Establishing traceability systems for textile waste to improve transparency and accountability across the value chain.
  2. ⁠Supporting community clean-up and segregation initiatives to reduce landfill pressure.
  3. Creating micro-hubs for upcycling and recycling that generate green jobs, particularly for women and young people.
  4. ⁠Conducting research and advocacy to inform policy frameworks, including Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles.
  5. Building global partnerships that enable knowledge sharing and investment in circular economy solutions.

Mission

Our mission as a non-governmental organisation is to embed downstream evidence into the global textile system & turn end-of-life textiles into opportunities. Each year we convene the value chain in Accra at the Landfills2Landmarks Summit, creating the space where governments, traders, brands, recyclers & financiers commit to shared responsibility. We ensure that downstream data informs EPR frameworks & finance models so that textiles are diverted from landfills, green jobs are created, & policy reflects market realities.

Main Activities

Since its establishment, Landfills2Landmarks has developed and delivered programmes that combine innovation, policy advocacy, and community action. Its core activities include:

Textile Traceability Programme

development of a digital platform to track used textiles from export in the Global North to import, resale, and end-of-life management in Ghana. The system provides data for ESG reporting, EPR enforcement, and carbon credit accounting.

Market Clean-Up and Segregation Pilots

initiatives launched in partnership with market associations, local authorities, and recyclers to remove waste textiles from informal markets, sort them by material, and channel them into reuse, recycling, or energy recovery streams.

Upcycling and Recycling Micro-Hubs

establishment of local hubs where discarded textiles are transformed into new products, generating green jobs and income for communities while reducing waste.

Carbon Credit & Climate Action Projects

development of methodologies and partnerships to quantify and monetise emissions reductions from textile diversion activities, supporting both climate action and new revenue streams for communities.

Pure Pad Project

a social innovation initiative producing reusable sanitary pads from textile offcuts, improving menstrual health management for women and girls while advancing circular innovation.

Policy and Advocacy Engagement

production of white papers & policy briefs on textile waste & circular economy, including contributions to national Extended Producer Responsibility frameworks, & organisation of the annual L2L Global Summit in Accra, which convenes international stakeholders.

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