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From trash to treasure: Australia in a take-makeremake world

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4 Figure of 150 billion sourced from Gerschel-clarke, A.T (2015) What can the ethical fashion movement teach us about tackling sustainabi­lity in challengin­g industries? Supply Chain, accessed at http:// www.sustainabl­ebrands.com/news_and_views/supply_chain/ adam_gerschel-clarke/what_can_ethical_fashion_movement_ teach_us_about_ta There is some discrepenc­y across industry on global number of garments produced per year, and the methodolog­y for estimating. Figures range at 80-150 billion.

5 Figure of 150 billion sourced from Gerschel-clarke, A.T (2015) What can the ethical fashion movement teach us about tackling sustainabi­lity in challengin­g industries? Supply Chain, accessed at http:// www.sustainabl­ebrands.com/news_and_views/supply_chain/ adam_gerschel-clarke/what_can_ethical_fashion_movement_ teach_us_about_ta There is some discrepenc­y across industry on global number of garments produced per year, and the methodolog­y for estimating. Figures range at 80-150 billion.

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Australian Economy. Journal of Cleaner Production 112(5), 4296-303. 18 Dominish, E., Florin, N., Giurco, D., Corder, G., Golev, A., Lane, R., Rhamdhani, A., Reck, B. and Graedel, T., Sharpe, S., Edwards, M., Benn, S., and Brooks, G. (2017). Australian Opportunit­ies in a Circular Economy for Metals: Findings of the Wealth from Waste Cluster. 19 Dominish, E., Florin, N., Giurco, D., Corder, G., Golev, A., Lane, R., Rhamdhani, A., Reck, B. and Graedel, T., Sharpe, S., Edwards, M., Benn, S., and Brooks, G. (2017). Australian Opportunit­ies in a Circular Economy for Metals: Findings of the Wealth from Waste Cluster.

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