5 Textile Recycling Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 24th, 2023

Start A Textile Recycling Business

Textile recycling involves the process of material recovery and reuse of old fabric from clothes or upholsteries. The recycled material is then processed to form useful products.

Textile waste can be classified into post-consumer waste and post-industry waste. The post-consumer wastes are those unneeded materials discarded from households, while post-industry wastes are generated as byproducts of apparel or home furnishing industries.

To start a textile recycling business, you will need to factor in the space required: You can rent or lease enough space for clothing intake and sorting. Also, to ensure enough supply of unwanted textiles, you can introduce textile drop-boxes and put them strategically in your neighborhood.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a textile recycling business:

Learn more about starting a textile recycling business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a textile recycling business?
-> Pros and cons of a textile recycling business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established textile recycling business

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