The Australian Fashion Council (AFC) will lead a consortium of industry disruptors, brands, manufacturers, retailers, reuse charities, fibre producers, academics and waste management companies to create Australia’s first National Product Stewardship Scheme for clothing textiles.

This world class initiative aims to improve the design, recovery, reuse and recycling of textiles, providing a roadmap to 2030 for clothing circularity in Australia in line with National Waste Policy Action Plan targets.

Each year, Australians accumulate 27 kilograms of new clothing per person on average and discard around 23 kilograms. While second hand clothing shops, social and enterprise retailers help reduce textile waste 780,000 tonnes of waste is still sent into landfill, making Australia the second highest consumers of textiles per person in the world, after the United States of America.

Organisations and businesses are invited to register their interest below.