Retail giant Kmart Group is examining how it can better encourage clothing recycling as Australia grapples with a problem that threatens to choke the environment.
The Wesfarmers-owned retailer and stablemate Target is backing research to determine how to most effectively address a growing issue. Recent figures suggest just seven per cent of discarded textiles are recycled, and 50 per cent is thrown into the bin by consumers — one of the biggest reasons 210,000 tonnes of clothing and textiles end up in landfill each year.
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