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Textile-to-Textile Recycled Fiber Availability Data for Apparel and Home Textiles

UPCOMING
Nov. 2024 - Mar. 2026
PROJECT LINK
Textile Exchange, Reverse Resources, FFG, TEXroad

Textile Waste Quantities

*All data is in tonnes per annum
Post Consumer
Textile Waste
615,205
Imported
Textile Waste
Post Industrial
Textile Waste
Exported
Textile Waste
Imported
Textile Waste
Exported post
consumer textiles
615,205
Total Textile Waste
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Textile Waste compositions
*All data is in tonnes per annum
Post consumer textile waste
100% Cotton
100% Polyester
Cotton Rich
Poly-rich
Poly-Cotton (>50% Polyester)
MMCF
Nylon
Wool
POST Industrial Textile Waste
615,205
100% Cotton
30.6%
100% Polyester
11.6%
Cotton Rich
24.8%
Poly-rich
12.4%
Poly-Cotton (>50% Polyester)
9.9%
MMCF
7%
Nylon
2.7%
Wool
0.8%
IMPORTED Textile Waste
Bangladesh_2025_100% Cotton
Bangladesh_2025_100% Polyester
Bangladesh_2025_Cotton Rich
Bangladesh_2025_Poly-rich
Bangladesh_2025_Poly-Cotton (>50% Polyester)
Bangladesh-2025_MMCF
Bangladesh-2025_Nylon
Bangladesh_2025_Wool
Data Methodology

Our estimates of recyclable post‑industrial textile waste start from global production of key apparel and home‑textile fibers and apply indicative process‑loss rates across spinning, weaving, knitting and cutting stages. We then exclude waste streams that are typically reused within the supply chain to derive an order‑of‑magnitude view of post‑industrial feedstock that could potentially enter recycling. In this analysis, we exclude deadstock, overproduction and reusable “soft” spinning waste, and focus only on fiber types with currently high recycling potential: cotton, polyester, MMCF, nylon and wool.

Upcoming & Notes

The Textile-to-Textile Recycled Fiber Availability Data for Apparel and Home Textiles initiative is a multi‑stakeholder effort to build the first global, evidence‑based picture of textile‑to‑textile recycling potential for apparel and home textiles. It combines new data on post‑industrial and post‑consumer waste, mapped recycling capacity, and forward‑looking scenarios to understand how much recycled fiber could realistically be supplied by 2030. The project aims to support policymakers, brands, recyclers, and other value‑chain actors with robust, sector‑specific insights that can guide recycled‑content targets, investment decisions, and the scaling of true textile‑to‑textile circularity.