Tennis is one of Australia’s most popular sports, but it is also a wasteful one.
Millions of tennis balls a year are needed, and once out of bounce, they end up in landfill.
The waste has caught the eye of one tennis lover in Melbourne, who is turning used tennis balls into footwear.
Iskhandar Razak reports.
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