Waste not: Australia’s textile industry reaches a turning point

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BlockTexx co-founder Adrian Jones collecting unwanted textiles in Sydney Source: SBS News / Sandra Fulloon

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Australians discard 800,000 tonnes of textiles including clothing each year, and most of it ends up in landfill. New schemes aim to change that.

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