Annie makes furniture from discarded fabric and has kept 100 tonnes out of landfill so far. Here’s how

As many of Australia’s four million school students prepare for a new term, the question of what to do with old uniforms is a constant.

Worn up co-founder Annie Thompson Source: SBS / Sandra Fulloon

One mum has come up with a novel solution which has potential to reduce the world’s growing textile waste problem.

Worn Up focus is turning fabric into furniture. And with 9,000 schools in Australia, there’s a huge resource out there.

It’s estimated that each year Australian schools send around 2, 000 tonnes of uniforms to landfill. And that’s just part of the problem.

Australia makes and imports 1.4 billion units of clothing annually – or more than 370, 000 tonnes.

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