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Accelerate Circularity

We are committed to move away from the current linear business model of take-make-waste towards a circular system. We have to treat our materials as though they are finite.

Our approach

We will accelerate innovation in textile recycling, utilizing fibre 20% recycled composition in our viscose production. Through collaboration with supply chain partners and innovators, we aim to scale new circular approaches, and advance the collection, sorting and recycling of textile waste.

We believe in utilising our scale for good and our commitment to circularity is no different. Instead of developing specific fibre types that offer customers a circular and recycled option but at smaller quantities and higher prices, we have focused our attention on increasing the amount recycled materials in our entire viscose production. It is our aim that this will transform the entire industry.

Our commitments

1

20 percent recycled textile composition

2

Feasibility to establish Indonesia’s first commercial scale textile recycling facility

3

Establish textile recycling centres in Singapore and Indonesia

APR2030

20% Recycled Textile Composition in VSF Production by 2030

Determine Feasibility of Establishing Indonesia's First Commercial-scale Recycled Textile Facility

Determine Feasibility of Establishing Urban Textile Recycling Centres in Singapore and Indonesia

Core Goal
Catalytic Goal
Contributed Goal

Understanding pre-consumer waste for industry-level recycling

Inverted pyramid of waste management hierarchy

Every year more than 92 million tonnes of textile waste ends up in landfills and rivers when up to 95% can be recycled.

Consumer demand for apparel will continue to rise, necessitating a global effort to implement plans to effectively recover and recycle this waste. The textile industry needs to develop the expertise required to engineer collection systems, returns logistics, and sorting infrastructure.

In 2021, APR commissioned a study by Closed Loop Fashion (an established hub for applied sustainability and circular economy practices) and Reverse Resources (an online mapping and tracking platform of recyclable textile waste flows). It surveyed, studied, mapped and identified potential sources of pre-consumer textile waste supply from garment and textile factories in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – three major textile and apparel producing countries.

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Our Progress

Baseline202320242025Target (2030) 🎯
20% Recycled Textile used in Viscose Fibre--Successfully completed trials at APR pilot plantSecured suitable feedstock in mid-2024 and are now exploring options to scale up the textile recycling process Successfully completed trials of the APR pilot plant20%
Determine the feasibility of establishing Indonesia’s first industrial-scale recycled textile facility--Received patent approval for textile recycling technology; continuing to explore opportunities through research and partnershipsReceived patent approval for textile recycling technology; exploring research and partnership opportunitiesDetermine the feasibility of establishing urban textile recycling centres in Singapore and Indonesia
Determine the feasibility of establishing urban textile recycling centres in Singapore and Indonesia--Research to begin at newly established RGE-NTU SusTexRGE-NTU SusTex has completed several trials and completed proof of concept. We are at the stage of building a demonstration unit in the laboratory and on track to explore commercialization on a pilot scale in future. SusTex is well positioned as a global leader in textile recycling center especially Asia (Singapore), with potential to adopt a whole-ofvalue-chain approach to textile waste + close loop operationsEstablishing Urban Textile Recycling Centres in Singapore and Indonesia
Visit our other areas of commitments

Climate and Nature Positive

Inclusive Prosperity

Clean Manufacturing

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