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IF you see yourself as a bit of a fashionista and want to help to reduce agricultural waste, why not check out the Vogue Gone Rogue competition?<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group, the aim of the contest is to produce a wearable and fabulous item from grain bags.<\/p>\n

Fashion designers can create almost anything from clothing and shoes to bags and accessories, with the chance to share in a prize pool valued at $1500.<\/p>\n

Grampians Central West WRRG industry officer Stuart Horner said he wishes for competitors to use the plastics in unconventional ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an ideal world, the competition would\u00a0inspire someone to come up with a scaled-up and commercially viable re-use of the plastic, to create a market pull for the material, and for it to end up being considered a resource, rather than a waste,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Grain bags are seen as an ecological problem because they are single-use and are often disposed of without environmental consequence in mind.<\/p>\n

A single 100 metre-long bag can weigh up to 150 kilograms and is considered a cheap alternative to storing cereal crops in a silo.<\/p>\n

Mr Horner said the bags can meet an \u201cunsavoury end\u201d whether that comes from burial or ignition.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs anecdote has it, the solution involves a dark night, a splash of diesel and a match. As well as wasting a resource, this can deposit\u00a0a plume of toxic smoke across valuable agricultural land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Vogue Gone Rogue competition will run until Friday, 10 July with winners announced on Sunday, 2 August to coincide with the opening of Ballarat Ethical Fashion Week.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit ballaratethicalfashion.com.au\/voguegonerogue<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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