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State of Recycling / RegioGreenTex Paper

8 January 2025

2 minutes

The paper contends that an important first step would be to connect companies and initiatives already in place to enhance exchange of business and potential for upscale of circular businesses.

Framework Needed to Classify Textiles for Recycling for Efficient and Adaptable Waste Channelling Models

The RegioGreenTex initiative has published a paper outlining the development of a framework for classifying textiles for recycling, which is central to establishing efficient and regionally adaptable waste channelling models.

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Farmer Incomes / Better Cotton

19 October 2022

3 minutes

Better Cotton seeks to create and sustain a thriving cotton sector by developing the capacity of cotton farmers to care for the environment, protect and restore nature and improving their climate resilience, while respecting human rights and improving livelihoods. To achieve this, it works primarily with programme partners at the farm level to enable farmers to adopt more sustainable practices, for example better managing pesticides and fertilisers.

Seasonal Profitability for Better Cotton Farmers in India Up by $82 Per Acre

A study that examined the impact of the Better Cotton programme in India has found significant benefits for farmers in the region. Better Cotton Farmers were able to reduce costs, improve overall profitability, and safeguard the environment more effectively, compared with other farmers.

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Young India Fashion Survey 2025

Textile Recycling Expo

ITF Intertex Portugal 2025

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Labour Issues / New Trade Disorder / III Commentary

Reports have been gradually trickling in about orders being slashed and hiring frozen. There are fears—not entirely unfounded—that factories would be forced to either downsize or shut shop entirely.

If Deals Don't Work out, Garment Workers in Manufacturing Hubs Face a Bleak Future

Subir Ghosh

9 April 2025

Tariffs and Seconds / SMART View Interview

If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down.

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

Subir Ghosh

24 April 2025