The Or Foundation

💡 Want to help? 👉 Tag these companies in the comments 👉 Invite them to Show Love to our community by joining Speak Volumes at SpeakVolumes.org #SpeakVolumes #ShowLove #SpeakVolumes2025 #ProductionVolumes #SecondhandSeptember

Between June 2024 and May 2025, we: 🌊 Held 48 weekly beach cleanups ♻️ Collected 15,000+ clothing tags 🚛 Removed 1,500+ tonnes of textiles & plastic waste from the beach Our Top Brands for Year 2 are those found 48+ times, making them the most familiar #TagUrIt finds. [Thread]

This is what circularity looks like in Ghana @nana_aba_darko! And thank you for coming through and sharing the story from our side.

📍Visit our showroom at South Liberia Rd, Adabraka. 🔁 Our Shredder-As-A-Service coming soon! #MaterialTransformation #CircularDesign #TextileRecovery #MadeFromKantamanto #TheOrFoundation

These aren’t just objects — they’re proof that circularity can be locally made and community-powered.

This is what recovery looks like. We are turning discarded clothes into products that replace plastic, reduce harm, and restore dignity.

These aren’t just objects — they’re proof that circularity can be locally made and community-powered. #MaterialTransformation #CircularDesign #TextileRecovery #MadeFromKantamanto #TheOrFoundation

If you would like to help out with the @theORispresent relief efforts following the fire in Kantamanto and help this beautiful community rebuild please donate here: donorbox.org/kantamanto-fir… The organisation has already pledged $1million for this work

Days 1 & 2 are done and dusty! Final day, I can't wait for y’all to come and experience this session 🥰💃🏾 #SipNSoil is an initiative by The Plant Plug Gh #SipandSoil was supported by @theORispresent #APlantInYourSpace

Support our calls for fashion brands to disclose their production volumes. This is how we can start the important work of tackling the fashion industry’s waste crisis #SpeakVolumes

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Please see these slides for more on why we do not consider a ban to be a holistic solution & what we are advocating for instead. 2/2

We are often asked if a ban on secondhand imports is the solution so we are here to clarify — We Do NOT Support a ban! 1/2

We got a billboard during New York Fashion Week to demand that fashion brands #SoeakVolumes and disclose their annual production numbers This is the main way we can get to the real work of addressing fast fashion’s waste crisis Visit speakvolumes.org to lend your voice

37x the Olympic heavyweight world record! We may be doing some (actual) heavy lifting for these brands, but try as we might, we are no match for infinite production volumes. That’s why we need brands to gather some courage and #SpeakVolumes NOW!

Two and a half elephants and...

Our team removes over 10 tonnes of textile waste from the beaches of Accra every week. We know this can be hard to imagine, especially since clothing isn’t supposed to be on the beach; so you might be wondering what that looks like? Better yet, what does it feel like? [Thread]