Ghana is working with the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO) to set up a
Circular Economy Innovation and Textile Testing Centre
that will help reduce textile waste while strengthening
industrial development in the country.
The planned centre is part of a UNIDO project funded by
Italy and implemented in collaboration with Ghana’s
Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry. The project,
called Promoting Business and Technology Development
in Ghana’s Circular Textile Sector, is being carried out by
UNIDO’s Italian Investment and Technology Promotion
Office with financial support from the Italian Agency for
Development Cooperation.
UNIDO explained that the centre will offer testing
facilities, quality checks and technical support for textile
sorting and classification. It will also help identify harmful
materials and enable used textiles to be reused in new
industrial applications. These recovered materials could
be turned into products such as furniture, insulation
boards, car components, paper and agricultural
materials, helping Ghana move from textile waste
disposal to value-added recycling.