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

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    Wooluru!

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      Or you flush it down the toilet and call it

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      Woolinmaloo

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

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    Landfill is much better than insulation or helping the poor.

    Can you use it as mulch? Maybe some restoration somewhere?

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

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      1 year ago

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

      This way we save some extra steps