Commissioned by Fashion for Good as part of the Sorting for Circularity; India Project, a study conducted in collaboration with Sattva Consulting, Saahas Zero Waste, and Reverse Resources brings together specialist organizations in strategic impact, waste, resource and data management, and the scaling of textile recycling infrastructures.

To enable an effective transition towards circularity, the study titled Wealth in Waste: The Opportunity for India to Bring Textile Waste Back into the Supply Chain,’ aims to fill the data gaps that exist in the textile waste landscape in India. By building a better understanding across three key streams, domestic post-consumer waste, pre-consumer waste and imported waste, and by mapping stakeholders, and geographical flows and recognizing challenges in the current infrastructure, the study aims to help ecosystem players to orchestrate actions and devise solutions and mediate accordingly.

Outlining the potential for collaborative and systemic interventions to fortify circularity in the Indian textile waste industry and reintroduce it into the supply chain, the study presents a three-step approach to driving this transition;enabling visibility and access to waste; harnessing the recycling potential of India, andestablishing systems, infrastructure, and regulations for waste management.