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Bangladesh’s apparel sector produces vast amounts of textile and garment waste each year, presenting a unique opportunity for innovation in recycling. Traditional recycling methods, however, rely heavily on water and harmful chemicals during dyeing, causing significant environmental harm, increasing CO2 emissions, and degrading product quality. Addressing these challenges, Simco Spinning and Textile- a multinational textile-to-textile…

This is Baliadanghi in Thakurgaon district, a small village in the northern edges of Bangladesh. There are around 20 or so cottage factories in this village, where people of both genders from all walks of life stand and work with pit looms in their own houses, making doormats using textile waste. Day in and day out, they juggle their time between loom work and household chores, maintaining their livelihoods and their responsibilities to their families.