Arvind and PurFi will jointly attempt to reduce the amount of textile waste going to landfills.

Arvind is India’s largest textile to technology conglomerate and PurFi is a sustainable technology company specializing in rejuvenating textile waste into virgin quality products. PurFi’s proprietary technology creates a traceable 360-degree circular solution that rejuvenates textile waste into virgin quality fibers utilizing 96 per cent less water and 90 per cent less energy than virgin textiles. PurFi and Arvind will locate the first in a series of planned fiber rejuvenation facilities near one of Arvind’s manufacturing facilities in India.

This facility will process textile waste – white cotton, colored cotton, denim and synthetics – into virgin-like fibers for reuse from two lines, where each line will have a 5,500-ton capacity per year with plans to expand over the next five years. Expansion plans include an additional production line that removes elastomers from fabrics utilizing another of PurFi’s proprietary technologies.

The textile industry generates more than 64 billion pounds of post-industrial textile waste and 284 billion pounds of post-consumer waste annually. Yet only 12 percent of textiles globally are recycled and about one percent are upcycled. The circular economy is being embraced by those who are conscious of their carbon footprint.