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Wool dumped in landfill as cost of living drives demand and price down (www.abc.net.au)
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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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[–] boomadooma@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

spoilerWooluru!

[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Or you flush it down the toilet and call it

spoilerWoolinmaloo

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Landfill is much better than insulation or helping the poor.

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