In financial year 2021, an estimated 300 kilotons of clothing waste was generated in Australia. Around 200 kilotons of this clothing waste was given to donation or collection services, whilst around 100 kilotons went straight to landfill. The largest proportion of clothing donations, around 107 kilotons, was exported from Australia with the intention of being resold; nonetheless, the fate of much of this clothing is uncertain, with the possibility that many of these donations went to landfill abroad. An estimated 30 to 45 kilotons of clothing donations were resold in charity shops in Australia.
Estimated volume of clothing waste generated and clothing waste outcomes in Australia in financial year 2021
(in kilotons)
*These items were mainly exported to developing countries with the intention of being resold as secondhand clothing. Nonetheless, many of these items may have gone to landfill.
**Highest value of estimated range: estimated volume range is 30 to 45 kilotons of clothing donations resold.
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australia. (March 31, 2023). Estimated volume of clothing waste generated and clothing waste outcomes in Australia in financial year 2021 (in kilotons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404478/australia-clothing-waste-generation-and-outcome-estimates/
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australia. "Estimated volume of clothing waste generated and clothing waste outcomes in Australia in financial year 2021 (in kilotons)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404478/australia-clothing-waste-generation-and-outcome-estimates/
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australia. (2023). Estimated volume of clothing waste generated and clothing waste outcomes in Australia in financial year 2021 (in kilotons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404478/australia-clothing-waste-generation-and-outcome-estimates/
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australia. "Estimated Volume of Clothing Waste Generated and Clothing Waste Outcomes in Australia in Financial Year 2021 (in Kilotons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404478/australia-clothing-waste-generation-and-outcome-estimates/
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australia, Estimated volume of clothing waste generated and clothing waste outcomes in Australia in financial year 2021 (in kilotons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404478/australia-clothing-waste-generation-and-outcome-estimates/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Estimated volume of clothing waste generated and clothing waste outcomes in Australia in financial year 2021 (in kilotons) [Graph], Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australia, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404478/australia-clothing-waste-generation-and-outcome-estimates/
