Sustainability

Weaving A Circular Future For India’s Textile Waste

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

For decades, the textile industry has been a cornerstone of craftsmanship, employment and economic growth. Yet alongside this progress, textile waste has emerged as one of the sector’s most pressing environmental challenges. Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated

Sustainability

‘Recycling Was Always Last. Someone Moved It To The Front’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

In this incisive and insightful article penned exclusively for Textile Insights, Mansi Bihani writes that the carbon footprint of recycling is not zero, it is simply lower than producing virgin material from scratch, which is a meaningful difference but not the same as being without cost. On World Environment Day, it is worth asking what […]

Sustainability

ReFiber Launches Mumbai Textile Recycling Initiative

Textile Insights June 4, 2026

ReFiber, powered by OterRi, will launch a city-wide post-consumer textile waste collection and upcycling initiative in Mumbai on World Environment Day, June 5, 2026. The programme aims to establish a structured ecosystem for collecting, sorting, recovering and repurposing discarded textiles while generating environmental and social benefits. The initiative will be

Corporates

Syre, Target Expand Recycled Polyester Partnership

Textile Insights May 18, 2026

Syre has expanded its collaboration with Target to accelerate the adoption of next-generation recycled materials across apparel and home textile categories. Under the partnership, Syre will support Target in integrating textile-to-textile recycled polyester into high-volume product segments as part of efforts to scale circular textile solutions. The initiative is expected

Sustainability

Filatex India, Revti Business And Wastewear Join Forces To Promote Textile Recycling

Textile Insights October 23, 2025

Filatex India Ltd., Revti Business Pvt. Ltd., and Wastewear Inc., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on textile waste recycling, product innovation, and global co-branding. The agreement, signed in New Delhi, outlines the companies’ shared goal of sourcing, processing, and marketing recycled polyester products to reduce textile waste and promote

Event

Recover And Intradeco Win Textile Exchange Award For Circularity Partnership

Textile Insights October 19, 2025

Recover and Intradeco have been honoured with the Climate and Nature Impact Award for Textile-to-Textile Partnership at the 2025 Textile Exchange Conference in Lisbon. The recognition celebrates their transformative collaboration driving circularity across the textile value chain in the Americas. The award highlights their joint venture, Recover Central America, a regional

Sustainability

European Circular Textile Coalition Launches Manifesto For A Circular Economy

Textile Insights October 19, 2025

Reju, along with 11 other companies across the textile value chain, has launched the European Circular Textile Coalition and unveiled a manifesto calling for a fully circular textile economy under the vision that “a world without waste is possible.” The coalition urges the European Union to transform post-consumer textile waste into a driver of green […]

Product Launch & Innovation

Birla Cellulose Launches Liva Reviva M, India’s First Circular Fibre

Textile Insights October 14, 2025

Birla Cellulose today announced the launch of Liva Reviva™ M, India’s first next-generation circular fibre made with up to 50% mechanically recycled post-consumer textile waste. This breakthrough marks not just a product launch, but a bold declaration: fashion can no longer afford to be linear. At a time when the world is drowning in discarded […]

Sustainability

Selenis Launches Texnascis, Driving Textile-To-Textile Recycling For A Circular Future

Textile Insights September 23, 2025

Selenis, a global leader in specialty polyesters, has announced the launch of Texnascis, its new brand dedicated to textile-to-textile recycling. Texnascis will serve as the company’s platform to advance its mission of transforming textile waste into innovative, reusable products, accelerating the shift toward a circular textile economy. Building on its decades of

Event

India’s Textile Industry Charts Green Roadmap At 4th Sustainable Textile Summit

Textile Insights September 22, 2025

The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) hosted the 4th Sustainable Textile Summit (STS) in New Delhi on Sept. 16, 2025, where senior government officials, industry leaders and global experts deliberated on strategies to transform India’s textile industry into a global hub for sustainable production. Themed “Innovating Towards a Sustainable Future: Collaborative