Textile with recycled yarn can find new life in many different low-grade products such as insulation, mop heads, rags, and stuffing.

The process of recycling can divert many products from landfills. According to the Council for Textile Recycling, annual textile waste is estimated to equal 25 billion pounds.

The amount of energy, water, and dye use is reduced from using a product that has already been processed. The savings are achieved by offsetting the production of new materials. Since textile with recycled yarns most commonly are sourced from pre-consumer textile scraps that are sorted by color, the textile with recycled yarns are already dyed.

The CO2 and fossil fuel emission savings can be partially offset by using existing materials. However, the collection, processing, and shipping of cotton scraps or clothing can reduce or neutralize some of these savings.

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Against the backdrop of a massive amount of textile and apparel fashion waste dumped in landfills or burned, circular fashion is the most discussed issue in the fashion industry. Bangladesh as a major manufacturing country for fast fashion products has been going through environmental risks over the decades. Garment factories here producing for top fast fashion brands are also creating a lot of solid waste putting enormous pressure on the ground.

Simultaneously, many factories are come up with sustainable best practices in closing the supply loop to reduce the amount of textile waste. We are one of the pioneers in producing fiber using recycling technology from cutting waste.

Apparel manufacturers can save 10% in FOB cost as the textile with recycled yarn does not need any dying, thus making it economically viable. In some types of apparel products like sweaters, it can save up to 30%.

For the current world, the most important thing is environmental sustainability. In this regard, many studies done by renowned international organizations showed that this type of textile with recycled yarn is the most sustainable for the environment compared to recycled polyester or organic cotton. In terms of consumption of water – it saves 200 to 300 liters of per kg in dying- not to mention the energy also consumed during the dyeing process.

This textile with recycled yarn has its limitations but we must educate all the stakeholders from factories to end consumers. The real trick is excelling in marketing to make the consumers’ understand what is more sustainable and we are working on this.

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The importance of textile with recycled yarn is increasingly being recognized. An estimated 100 billion garments are produced annually, worldwide.2 According to U.S. EPA, around 17 million tons of textile municipal solid waste (MSW) was generated in 2018, about 5.8% of total MSW generation. The recycling rate for textiles derived from clothing and footwear was 13.0%, while the recovery for sheets and pillowcases was 15.8% for the same year. As such, textile with recycled yarn is a significant challenge to be addressed as we strive to move closer to a zero landfill society.

Once in landfills, natural fibers can take a few weeks to a few years to decompose. They may release methane and CO2 gas into the atmosphere. Additionally, synthetic textiles are designed not to decompose. In the landfill, they may release toxic substances into groundwater and surrounding soil.

Textile with recycled yarn offers the following environmental benefits:

• Decreases landfill space requirements, bearing in mind that synthetic fiber products do not decompose and that natural fibers may release greenhouse gasses.
• Avoided use of virgin fibers.
• Reduced consumption of energy and water.
• Pollution avoidance.
• Lessened demand for dyes.