DIGITAL WASTE MAPPING CAN DRIVE TEXTILE CIRCULARITY, SAY EXPERTS
February 18th, 2024
The need for digital monitoring and value chain management is perhaps nowhere clearer than in the end-of-life segment of the clothing and textile industry. More than 92 million tonnes of textile waste are landfilled annually, out of some 100 billion garments produced, according to environmental campaigner Earth.Org (1). Moreover, only 15% of textile waste is recycled, with nearly all going to landfills or incinerated - Amsterdam-based global innovation platform Fashion for Good says that only 2% of post-consumer textiles are diverted to fibre-to-fibre recycling ...
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