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12/28/24, 8:33 PM                               Landmark Group opens textile recycling unit | AGBI
                      uncollected litter in the Mena
                      region is 40 percent. 54

                      percent of waste is sent to

                      landfill, 1 percent incinerated
                      and just 5 percent recycled.



                      Landmark said its facility,

                      Landmark Circulife, is the first
                      of its kind in the Gulf region.



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                      The centre has an initial

                      capacity to process 2,000
                      metric tonnes of textile waste a

                      year, with plans to expand it to
                      more than five times that

                      volume – equivalent to 5

                      percent of the UAE apparel
                      market.



                      Renuka Jagtiani, chairperson

                      at Landmark Group, said: “We
                      have introduced several

                      initiatives across various
                      stages of our products’

                      lifecycles and operations to


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