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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Lucianne Tonti

What can old clothes be made into right now? Puzzles, pillows and plastic pellets

A tote bag made of Uptex, a textile product made of shredded, unwanted clothes.
A tote bag made of Uptex, a textile product made of shredded, unwanted clothes. Photograph: Upparel

Occasionally, the chair my clothes live on between washes starts to disappear. Usually when the pile includes a few pairs of pants, some T-shirts, a jumper and maybe a dress. At this point, I wonder at how quickly clothes take up space.

Especially since this pile probably only weighs about three kilograms, and every year Australians throw away more than three times that.

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