Seamless Scheme Design Report

The National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme is a plan to transform how clothing is made, used, reused, and recycled in Australia to create clothing circularity by 2030. The name of the National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme is “Seamless”. This name is used throughout the report to refer to the scheme. A circular economy is underpinned by a transition to renewable energy and materials. It decouples economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. It is a resilient system that is good for business, people, and the environment.2 The purpose of this report is to set out the recommendations of the scheme Consortium (the Consortium) along with the detailed design of the Seamless: its scope, objectives, benefits, revenue and expenditure, as well as stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities. The Consortium includes representation from across the clothing value chain. It’s led by the Australian Fashion Council (AFC), with Charitable Recycling Australia, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Sustainable Resource Use (SRU), and WRAP Asia Pacific. Collaborating organisations are the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR), Australian Retailers Association (ARA), National Retail Association (NRA) and Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association Australia (WMRR). The Consortium is guided by a reference group of industry and experts.