In Australia, recovery of post-consumer waste is mainly carried out by charitable organisations that either sell the donated goods through their charity stores, export the clothing, or sell damaged cotton and silk cloth to rag merchants for use in industry. The Australian National Association of Charitable Recycling Organisation (NACRO) has estimated that 50m kilograms of textile waste is collected annually by Australian clothing recyclers through charity bins and donations, of which 12.5m kilograms are unsuitable for reclamation and sent to landfill (Caulfield 2009).
source
http://thehub.ethics.org.au/uploads/files/BSL_Travelling_Textiles_%20Garment_PRM_Report.pdf
Social enterprise opportunity
Requesting donations of unused garments and accessories for 1. people returning to work, 2. going to court, or 3. unemployed people going for interviews
A bit like the business that collects food and redistributes to homeless and disadvantaged.
Lee Wallace 