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'Susan Tait has been making furniture in Thomastown in Melbourne's north for 32
years.
Every year, she and her husband were sending 500 kilograms of wasted fabric to
landfill.
"Someone said that's the size of a one-year-old elephant," joked Tait.
"We've always tried to be as sustainable as possible while manufacturing
locally."
"But we didn't really have any solution for fabric."
That changed in January 2023 when Tait found
after.
She was hunting for a solution online when she stumbled across 'Australia's
first textile recycling pick-up and reward service.'
"That was a really big peace of mind for us."
"The girls have managed to partner with enough people so you can actually just
send the entire upholstery cover to them including zips, buttons, tags, every
part."
Those girls are Yesha Patel and Nehal Jain, who teamed up in 2022 after Yesha
became frustrated with the lack of options she had to recycle old, unwearable
clothes.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
