Responsible disposal of fur products

There are ethical and sustainable alternatives to reselling or throwing out old or vintage fur products.

Donate to wildlife rescue groups or Snuggle Coats.

Try to avoid in the first place. The resale of second-hand or vintage fur products can contribute to consumer demand for fur products by perpetuating the idea ‘fur as fashion’.

Council recently banned the sale of fur products, mislabeled fake fur products, and other exotic animal skins on Council property, and will write to the Minister for Home Affairs to call for the introduction of random forensic testing of imported fake fur products, as well as an investigation into prohibition of fur product imports into Australia.

Council is also calling for the NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation to establish a fur task force to assess the size and impact of illegal fur labelling.

You can help stamp out this cruel industry. Report the sale of suspected illegal animal products to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

And for more on disposing of tricky waste items, go to Council's A-Z: What goes where?