Importers of 'mitumba' should be held responsible for the waste

Doing away with secondhand garments is easier said than done because people do need access to affordable clothing. Founder of Nairobi-headquartered Africa Collect Textiles (ACT), Elmar Stroomer, believes it is time to add a waste tax on imported items and the funds should be invested in high-end collection and recycling infrastructure.

Mitumba Waste Report - Clean Up Kenya

Demystifying 'This is where your donated clothes end up: the Nairobi River

Second-Hand Clothing Business in Africa

It takes drastic measures to reverse Kenya's negative environmental impacts caused by Mitumba imports, by Teresa Lubano

Mitumba Association of Kenya denies Second Hand Clothing imported into Kenya has any Environmental Impact - Clean Up Kenya

The Mitu-Bell Case As a Legal North in the Progressive Realisation of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights at a Time of Climate Friction and Land Usage Practices in Kenya

Mitumba: Commerce or Charity? Part I

PDF) The Political Economy of Import Substitution in the 21st Century: The Challenge of Recapturing the Domestic Market in Rwanda.

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Mitumba Waste Report - Clean Up Kenya

Fast Fashion: Could traditional clothing be the answer? - We Are Restless

How compromising is it that the majority of the African people wear secondhand clothes donated by Westerners? - Quora

Waste Couture: Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry, Environmental Health Perspectives

PDF) National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Report on Newly Listed Industrial POPs in Kenya