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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Petra Stock

‘This idea that we can now eat our clothes is pretty revolutionary’: how to give unwanted garments a second life

Composite showing person sorting stacks of clothes
About 229,000 tonnes of Australia’s unwanted clothes ended up in landfill annually, according to the country’s national clothing stewardship scheme Seamless. Composite: Getty Images

Wardrobes across the country are heaving with clothes as Australians purchase more new and secondhand items than ever before.

About 1.5bn items of new clothing were bought nationally last year – equivalent to 55 new garments per person – a report by Seamless, Australia’s clothing stewardship scheme, found.

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