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.
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
7 Comments
boomadooma@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
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
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Yarn bomb the Big Merino with it.
Railison@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
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