Taxonomy consultation: Defining the resource hierarchy and related clothing terms

May 12, 2025
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Seamless is seeking feedback from Seamless members, supporters, subject-matter experts and industry stakeholders on a taxonomy. Having a standard set of terms that have been developed by industry, for industry, ensures efficiency across organisations and sectors, quality assurance through consistent application and integrity of information.

The draft taxonomy sets out definitions for the R-strategies, which are also known as the resource or waste hierarchy, and other related terms widely used by the Australian clothing industry.

Download the draft taxonomy, which includes the guiding principles and the definitions for each term.