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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Stinky old uniforms will build the future | History Defined

Annie Thompson's business is turning tonnes of worn out school uniforms into a new building product. (AAP)

To some it resembles marble. To others, it's more like abstract art.

But for its maker Annie Thompson FABtec is the way of the future - a recycled, waste-busting building product made from worn-out and obsolete uniforms, sweaty old sports jerseys and plastic that would have ended up in landfill.

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