In an effort to combat textile waste and promote a more circular economy, the global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good has introduced a new toolkit based on its two-year Sorting for Circularity India project. Additionally, the initiative has formed a new textile recovery alliance with the goal of positioning India as a preeminent hub for next-generation textile solutions.
Recently, the Laudes Foundation, IDH, Canopy, and Reverse Resources hosted the Reimagining Textile Waste conference in New Delhi, India. The conference’s objectives included creating a next-generation solutions hub, disseminating research from the two-year Sorting for Circularity India project, and releasing a toolkit intended to revalidate textile waste in the nation.
Fashion for Good, Laudes Foundation, IDH, and Canopy formed the Re-START Alliance (Recover by Sourcing, Tracing, and Advancing Recycling Technologies) to promote textile recovery, which was also introduced at the conference.
The alliance, which is scheduled to formally debut in Q1 2024, intends to establish a formal textile waste supply chain, systems, infrastructure, increased policy intervention, and industry appetite to enable technology commercialization.
Nicole Rycroft, executive director of Canopy, thinks India is well-positioned to lead the world in the manufacture of Next Gen, low-carbon textiles.
