Why the waste export ban should include textiles

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Photo by Lauren Fleischmann on Unsplash The Prime Minister’s recent announcement of a $20 million fund to grow Australia’s recycling industry and ban the export of plastic, paper, glass and tyres has generally been seen as a positive initiative to combat our poor track record in recycling. What struck me as missing from the discussion was any mention of textile waste. Neither the exporting of textile waste nor textile recycling in Australia was included in any of the fanfare. Despite the gro

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