It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Ann Runnel

Threadbare / Due Diligence 2022 / V

25 March 2022

4 minutes

An illustrative photo. When recyclers currently receive textile waste through the informal waste handling network, they have no access to the background information of their sourced material. As there are no quality control measures in place among informal traders, it is easy to manipulate the quality of the textile waste.

Recycling for Circularity: Bangladesh Shows World How to Do It

Bangladesh is going all out to emerge as a leader in circularity by scaling its recycling capacity and generating more value from these waste streams. The 2020–21 Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP0 project paved the way, but there were lessons for the future too. A texfash.com report.

Richa Bansal

Report

Spotlight: Due Diligence 2022

Threadbare / Due Diligence 2022 / IV

24 March 2022

5 minutes

A textile waste dump. The fashion industry expects drastic upending due to its resource intensity, environmental impacts such as GHG emissions, and poor ability to protect workers and foster prosperity for all. Circular principles are widely believed to have the potential to offer systemic resolve for these issues and several European level strategies are advancing on this topic.

Recycling for Circularity: Realities from Bangladesh

The adoption of a proposal by the European Commission for a directive on corporate sustainability and due diligence will have far reaching effects. A report.

Richa Bansal

Report

Spotlight: Due Diligence 2022

Threadbare / Due Diligence 2022 / III

23 March 2022

7 minutes

Recycling textile waste is a USD4.5 billion opportunity across six major textile manufacturing markets--Bangladesh, Vietnam, Turkey, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Due Diligence Partnerships Can Work Wonders for Circularity

The Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP) project that took place in Bangladesh from October 2020 to December 2021 presents a compelling business case to scale domestic textile recycling, with demand for recycled materials from global brands and to secure consistent access to high quality traceable post-industrial feedstock from local manufacturers.