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  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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August 12, 2026

Would you throw away brand new clothes? Retailers in Europe are now banned from destroying unsold stock

Alice Payne, RMIT University and Yassie Samie, RMIT University

Every year, thousands of tonnes of unsold clothing go to landfill. Australia could learn from the EU model.
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November 20, 2024

Overwhelmed by ever more clothing donations, charities are exporting the problem. Local governments must step up

Yassie Samie, RMIT University; Irene Maldini, Oslo Metropolitan University, and Katia Vladimirova, Université de Genève

We give or throw away more and more clothes every year, overwhelming charities and triggering large exports of secondhand clothing. There’s a better way
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