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‘CREATE’ team visits TEAM Group at Savar, Dhaka
The ‘CREATE’ team had a visit to 4A Yarn Dyeing Ltd., A Concern of TEAM GROUP on 8th August 2023. The factory of this 100% export oriented outwear manufacturing company is located in Kaicha Bari, Baipal, DEPZ Area, Savar, Dhaka. The visit was led by the CREATE project leader, Dr. Mohammad B. Rana, Associate Professor…
Read MoreCREATE project team visited CYCLO Textile Waste Recycling Factory
After visiting the TEAM Group factory in Savar in the morning on 8th August 2023, CREATE Project team visited the CYCLO Factory located in Valuka, Mymensingh on the same date. CYCLO is a world-class recycling plant started its journey in 2009 by a Bangladeshi origin American businessman Mr. Mustafain Munir, Founder and Director of CYCLO.…
Read MoreCREATE visits DBL Group: A Pathfinder in Apparel Circularity Transition in Bangladesh
CREATE team embarked on a field visit to various locations including the garment factories, recycling facilities, textile waste clusters, and textile-waste reuse and recycling establishments. However, visit to DBL Group’s recycling plant, textile recycling labs, and associated factories provided a sense of understanding to CREATE team that how a supplier can become a pathfinder for…
Read MoreCREATE Team Visits Konabari Jhoot Cluster in Bangaldesh
On 6th August 2023, CREATE Team spent almost half-day at Konabari textile waste cluster (Jhoot Cluster) to understand the informality in waste-handling, waste transactions and reuse. The visit to Konabari Jhoot Cluster helped understand the tacit dynamics associated with the Jhoot transactions and reuse, provided us with invaluable insights into the working condition of textile…
Read MoreSeminar on the Challenges in the Circular Economy Transition in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry
After the completion of the PhD program and two rounds of factory visits and stakeholders’ interviews CREATE-project seminar was held on the Challenges in Circular Economy Transition in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry on 9th August, 2023 at Six Seasons Hotel, Dhaka. In the seminar, certificates of the PhD Course were distributed among the students. The course…
Read MoreCREATE Visits Karupannya: an example of socio-economic and environmental sustainability through circular economy
The CREATE Team has visited Karupannya. Ltd, in Rangpur district on 7th August, 2023. Karupannya primarily uses fibers from traditional plants, such as banana plant and water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes), and jute. However, it also reuses textile waste in making rugs and handicrafts, and supplies to global brands such as IKEA, H&M, Jysk, and others.…
Read More5 ECTS PhD Course organized by CREATE-Research Project titled “Sustainability and Circular Economy in a Methodological Perspective.”
CREATE Project organized a 5-ECTS PhD course titled “Sustainability and Circular Economy in a Methodological Perspective“, which is offered to Bangladeshi PhD students either enrolled in Bangladeshi public universities or Danish Universities under DANIDA fellowship. The course is approved by the PhD School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg University, and arranged by CREATE…
Read MoreWorkshops and Field Visits Organized by CREATE in January 2023
Series of Workshops were organized at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, in connection with the CREATE Research project’s work-packages and research design, field visits and data collection plan. Workshops discussed the concepts of circular Economy and their applications in apparel industry and the research designs. The aim of the workshops was to do…
Read MoreGlobal Stakeholder Meeting of ‘Circular Economy in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry’ (CREATE) Project, funded by DANIDA.
2nd Global stakeholders’ meeting of CREATE project was held on Tuesday, June 3, 2023, presided over by project leader Dr. Mohammad B. Rana, Associate professor at Aalborg University Business School. The meeting began with a short presentation by Dr. Rana on circular economy (CE) mapping in Bangladesh. His presentation illustrated the condition of global textile…
Read MoreCircular Economy (CREATE) in Apparel Industry Kicked-Off in the Air
The official opening ceremony of the “Circular Economy in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry (CREATE)” project was held on the 6th October 2022 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Bangladesh time (9.00 am to 12.30 pm Danish Time). The kick-off program was held at Aalborg University Business School (AAUBS), Denmark, and simultaneously organized at the campus at Ahsanullah University…
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