Wool dumped in landfill as cost of living drives demand and price down

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/wool-market-in-the-dumps-as-price-plummets/102511900

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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boomadooma@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y (2 replies)

They should build a big monolith out of all the excess bales and turn it into a tourist attraction. You could call it :- ::: spoiler spoiler Wooluru! :::

No1@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y

Or you flush it down the toilet and call it

::: spoiler spoiler Woolinmaloo :::

threeduck@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y

I thought that place was called Ayers Rock? Turns out, all a ruse.

Treevan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
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maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y

Yarn bomb the Big Merino with it.

Railison@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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

palarith@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y

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

This way we save some extra steps