Activities

On 13th February 2025, the CREATE project organized a workshop in Bangladesh, funded by DANIDA, on the transition to a circular economy in Bangladesh’s apparel industry and its links to Europe. A policy report on the Circular Economy transition in Bangladesh’s Apparel Value Chains was presented by Dr. Mohammad Bakhtiar Rana, Project Leader of the…

On May 24, 2024, CREATE Project, in collaboration with the Sustainability Lab at Aalborg University Business School (AAUBS), has organized a paper-development workshop titled “CIRCULAR ECONOMY TRANSITION IN BANGLADESH’S APPAREL INDUSTRY: MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES.” The event was funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) under the Grant CREATE_21-10-AAU. The workshop was inaugurated by…

CREATE management committee has organized a paper development workshop on 18th February 2024 at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology. The day-long workshop was conducted by Dr. Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem, Fellow at Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, at the Vice Chancellor’s Conference room at AUST. The workshop aimed to develop further ideas…

On 13th February 2024, CREATE research team has met United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Dhaka, to share insights on the preliminary findings of CREATE in relation to circular economy transitions in Bangladesh’s apparel industry, funded by DANIDA. CREATE team was led by Dr. Mohammad B. Rana, Project Leader, from Aalborg University Business School (AAUBS),…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…