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Reverse Resources

State of Recycling / Pakistan Status

28 March 2025

4 minutes

As a top textile producer, Pakistan must expand sustainably while managing its 887 kilotons of pre-consumer textile waste and 809 kilotons of imported second-hand clothing.

Pakistan Can Become Recycling Hub But First Needs to Address Challenges that Deter Growth

Pakistan can transform its textile recycling industry, reduce environmental impact, enhance economic growth, and position itself as a leader in sustainable textile production by addressing the various challenges and leveraging opportunities, that will not only benefit the domestic economy but also align the country with global sustainability trends, ensuring long-term competitiveness, says a new report.

Staff Writer

Fashion Recycled / Tracing Waste

24 July 2024

3 minutes

The initiative by Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange will establish a standardised system for classifying and collecting data on textile waste, materialised via a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the Reclaimed Material Declaration Form (RMDF).

Fashion for Good, Textile Exchange Launch Initiative to Drive Transparency in Recycling with Trace Textile Waste Project

Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange have launched a two-year, multi-stakeholder initiative to harmonise data and system capabilities in the reverse supply chain. A key objective is to deliver recommendations for the development of new and existing standards, including the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Claim Standard (RCS).

Staff Writer

Going Circular / India Project

1 December 2023

3 minutes

It was in 2021 that Fashion for Good launched the Sorting for Circularity India Project to organise the Indian textile waste market in a three-phase approach to streamline, strengthen and foster the Indian textile waste market to drive the transition to a more circular economy that recaptures value to its maximum potential.

Textile Recovery Alliance Launched to Promote India as NextGen Solutions Hub

Fashion for Good has launched ‘Re-Start’, a textile recovery alliance in India, and released a toolkit designed to revalorise textile waste in the country.