Textiles and fashion waste have reached unprecedented levels around the world.
Australia is the largest consumer of fashion in the world per capita, with over 300,000 tonnes of textiles discarded each year.
With processes such as resource extraction, manufacturing, distribution, consumption and disposal happening with multiple players and often across multiple continents, finding solutions is not easy.
Re-purposing is part of the solution.
You are therefore invited to participate in the Merici College sw(op) shop, an annual event to prolong the life of fashion items and divert them from landfill.
Donations now being accepted in Student Services.
Pick up something new on 1 November at lunchtime in the CRLC.
Bring your gold coin donation for the WWF Woylie campaign.
Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer
