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Circularity: Present Scenario
in Bengaluru and nearby areas have incorporated are interested in sustainability. They further have the
ZLD to recycle wastewater generated from purchasing ability to pay a premium price for
garment washing. eco-friendly clothing. However, this is not the case
l The acquisition and management of numerous for people in other generations, as the general public
certificates, such as OEKO TEX, GOTS, BSCI, SLCP, has little understanding of sustainability. As a result,
GRS, Bluesign, ZDHC, and others, promote circularity when the product is launched in the market, there
in a limited manner. At the same time, C2C will be very few buyers due to price and quality issues
certification is expensive and possesses two such as hand feel and piling of recycled fibres.
circularity aspects of technical and biological cycles. l To bring Circular Economy, brands are changing
their packaging to limit their use of plastics.
l India is one of the leading brand in collaboration with
Circularity focus: Sorting (segregation by
integrated mill and dyestuff manufacturer developed
colour & blend), Recycling, waste water
apparel, made from natural dye stuffs, with inclination
towards cradle to grave circularity concept.
Figure 21: Garment Sewing Figure 22: Garment Washing
l Various polyester-based sports wear are now created
Weaving Circularity into Businesses from PET-recovered polyester, although large-scale
v Large cut waste is sold to vendors who India’s major recycling and downcycling plants
textile-to-textile recycling is still in developing stage.
manufacture garments for rural areas as through middlemen/traders to produce recycled Brand’s Approach
economical products. fibre. This fibre is of low quality and lower count The following observations were made during
l Various types of apparel waste generated during the and is limited to manufacturing knitted fabric with interviews with people from various brand Circularity Focus Points: Consumer awareness,
process and current recycling and disposal mode are a certain blend with virgin material. departments, including designers, product managers, circular apparel design, circular business models,
being mapped and presented in the figure below: l There is a need to promote automated cutting with and sourcing managers. traceability, ecosystem modelling for recycling
l Waste collectors collect cutting waste from AutoCAD rather than practicing manual cutting to l New generations, such as Gen Z and Gen Alpha,
production facilities and sort it colour-wise at increase efficiency from 80% to more than 90%.
their warehouse. It is then transported to l The major woven and denim apparel manufacturers
Figure 23: Fabric waste recycling and repurposing The below-mentioned chart indicates the flow of apparel in the consumer segment.
Figure 24: Post Consumer waste Usage
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