The current EU Proposal for EPR does not Stop Waste Colonialism - Read Here Our Analysis and Targeted Amendments

The Or Foundation is the facilitator of the Stop Waste Colonialism Campaign, but the Kantamanto Community is the driving force. We are demanding that the Kantamanto community be given the respect they are owed and the resources they deserve. We call on policy makers to implement EPR programs for textiles and catalyze a Justice-led Transition from a Linear Textiles Economy to a Circular Textiles Economy, based on three key principles: internalized costs of waste management, global accountability, disclosure to drive circularity targets.

Speak Volumes Campaign

We Speak Volumes label – speakvolumes.org

Speak Volumes is a call to action from our initial Stop Waste Colonialism campaign launched in 2023. We call on fashion brands of any size to publish their production volumes by Black Friday every year. This information readily available is key to start tackling the overproduction issue and build effective policies

Together with a coalition of committed brands and with the support of industry insiders, we are setting a new transparency standard for the Fashion industry.

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Stop Waste Colonialism Campaign

In November 2022, our team at The Or Foundation partnered with Vestiaire Collective to host a Kantamanto Delegation of 15 people, including retailers, tailors and former kayayei, in Paris to meet with Refashion, the Ministry of Ecological Transition, brands, clothing collectors and charities to share our position on EPR and to advocate for swift reform to the current framework. Watch the video above to learn how our delegation views EPR.

We are demanding that the Kantamanto community be given the respect they are owed and the resources they deserve. We call on policy makers to implement EPR programs for textiles and catalyze a Justice-led Transition from a Linear Textiles Economy to a Circular Textiles Economy, based on three key principles: internalized costs of waste management, global accountability, disclosure to drive circularity targets.

Stop Waste Colonialism Campaign

Learn More About the Campaigns and EPR

Our mission is to Catalyze a Justice-Led Circular Textiles Economy by Embracing Community Ecological Care, and we see Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as one mechanism to further this mission. While traditional EPR focuses on subsidizing waste management in the primary markets where products are sold, we believe EPR should serve as a tool for a Just Transition toward a more inclusive circular economy where actors whose decisions create social, environmental, or economic impacts across borders are responsible for those impacts wherever they occur.

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Kantamanto Demands Change

Consisting of 30,000 people within the market ecosystem, Kantamanto works to successfully resell, repair and upcycle around 25 million garments per month making it the largest reuse and upcycling economy in the world.

Kwaku Mensah

Kantamanto Tailor, France Delegation

Paul Tenkorang

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Speak Volumes Campaign

Stop Waste Colonialism Campaign

Learn More About the Campaigns and EPR

Kantamanto Demands Change

Consisting of 30,000 people within the market ecosystem, Kantamanto works to successfully resell, repair and upcycle around 25 million garments per month making it the largest reuse and upcycling economy in the world.

Kwaku Mensah

Kantamanto Tailor, France Delegation

Paul Tenkorang

Kantamanto Retailer

Alice Gyamina

Kantamanto Tailor

Sampson Mante

Kantamanto Retailer

Dennis Dagbaeneva

Kantamanto Tailor

George Aboagye

Kantamanto Retailer

John Opoku Agyemang

Kantamanto Tailor

Juliet Nyarkoa

Kantamanto Retailer

Kofi Boahen

Kantamanto Retailer

Kwabena Anim

Kantamanto Tailor

Lydia Finn

Kantamanto Tailor