How cotton growers could solve Australia’s clothing waste problem
A Goondiwindi cotton trailblazer is diverting clothing waste from landfill by spreading it on paddocks. He says it offers big benefits to growers.
Speaking from his office on Alcheringa, the 1000-hectare irrigated property just south of the Queensland-NSW border that is the flagship of his family’s cotton, crops and cattle enterprise, Coulton explains he has been investigating ways to return used cotton garments to the soil for years. It’s an idea he started toying with after founding his own cotton clothing brand, Goondiwindi Cotton, in 1989.
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Camille Smith, November 2, 2023
