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Circular Fashion Partnership Bangladesh

UPCOMING
October 2020 - December 2021
Project Link
Global Fashion Agenda, Reverse Resources, BGMEA and P4G

Textile Waste Quantities

*All data is in tonnes per annum
Post Consumer
Textile Waste
Rewearable
881,600
Post Industrial
Textile Waste
Recyclable
Imported
Textile Waste
Other
Exported post
consumer textiles
881,600
Total Textile Waste
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Textile Waste compositions
*All data is in tonnes per annum
Post consumer textile waste
Total Textile Waste
100% Cotton
Cotton-Elastane Blends
Cotton-Poly Blends
Cotton-Rich Blends (>80%)
100% Polyester
Poly-Rich Blends
65% Viscose, 35% Cotton
100% Viscose
Other Pure Synthetic Fibres
Other Pure Natural Fibres
Other fibres and blends
POST Industrial Textile Waste
881,600
100% Cotton
22.59%
Cotton-Elastane Blends
15.57%
Cotton-Poly Blends
15.00%
Cotton-Rich Blends (>80%)
3.85%
100% Polyester
3.25%
Poly-Rich Blends
2.13%
65% Viscose, 35% Cotton
0.93%
100% Viscose
0.80%
Other Pure Synthetic Fibres
1.01%
Other Pure Natural Fibres
0.29%
Other fibres and blends
34.57%
IMPORTED Textile Waste
100% Cotton
Cotton-Elastane Blends
Cotton-Poly Blends
Cotton-Rich Blends (>80%)
100% Polyester
Poly-Rich Blends
65% Viscose, 35% Cotton
100% Viscose
Other Pure Synthetic Fibres
Other Pure Natural Fibres
Other fibres and blends
Data Methodology

The waste volumes were estimated based on volumes of raw material imported and transformed in Bangladesh from the UN Comtrade Database and industry data collected from over 1,500 factories through the Reverse Resources network. A raw material waste percentage was calculated and applied to volumes of raw material transformed at each process to obtain an estimated yearly volume of waste generated. In order to create fibre breakdown of the textile waste available in Bangladesh, we used data collected within the CFP from 10 brands and 128 factory waste profiles. We then applied waste percentage calculated by mills and RMG factories to estimate yearly volumes of waste by key composition (i.e. 100% cotton).

Upcoming & Notes

The post-industrial waste volumes here are considered recycable waste, inclusing RMG and mill waste and not, reusable waste which would be deadstock or overproduction.

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