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Wool dumped in landfill as cost of living drives demand and price down (www.abc.net.au)
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The wool market has dropped 20 per cent from last year. Brokers say they are dumping low-value wool into landfill. Growers are urged to keep producing wool despite the gloomy outlook.

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[–] Railison@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Couldn’t they make some money by selling it overseas where it can be processed for cheap?

[–] palarith@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are already doing that and "Fast Fashion" is also going to the landfill.

This way we save some extra steps