Online fabric store Circular Sourcing tackles hidden fashion industry waste
ABCAs Courtney Holm scoured warehouses for fabric to create garments for her sustainable fashion label, she was struck by the enormous scale of excess material in Australia. "I would go out to these different places, and I would see all of this surplus material," Ms Holm said. Cash flow for small business Jillian Boustred, who founded her eponymous small Sydney-based fashion label in 2016, is one of many designers now able to sell her excess fabric through Ms Holm's website. "Previously we were dealing with approximately 50 to 100 metres of surplus fabric a season, which is quite small compared to other brands, however it is still waste and fabric that is in perfectly good condition — looking for a new home," Ms Boustred said. Manufacturing company MTK Australia's Stephen Morris-Moody said that before he had the opportunity to sell surplus material through Circular Sourcing, up to 1,000 metres of the company's knit fabrics went unsold each year.
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