Turning the Tide on Textile Waste: Northland Joins the Fight Against Fast Fashion
A new two-year initiative is set to tackle one of the fastest growing waste problems in Aotearoa – textile waste driven by the global rise of fast fashion. The Textile Recycling Network project, managed by CBEC Northland with Sustainable Kaipara delivering a feasibility study, aims to create a viable model for recovering waste textiles for reprocessing into new products.
The project will focus on diverting unwanted clothing and textiles from Te Tai Tokerau to a processing facility in Auckland, where they can be recycled into a variety of products rather than ending up in landfill. The plan includes establishing local infrastructure to sort and decommission textiles, developing logistics for transport, and identifying end markets for the reprocessed material – creating a closed-loop system within Aotearoa.
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The project is funded by the Ministry for the Environment Waste Plastics Innovation Fund.