textile waste

India generates 7,800 kilotonnes of textile waste annually, much of it from discarded clothes. Here's how to donate responsibly and reduce fashion waste.

At just 17, Tejas Pugalia has founded Threads4Good, an initiative that provides school bags to marginalised students, reduces textile waste, and creates employment opportunities for the underprivileged and disabled. Here's how his passion is transforming communities and fostering positive change.

Prakruthi Rao & Akshara Mehta, from Juhu Beach Studio, are revolutionising fashion by transforming textile waste into durable products.

In the heart of Mumbai, where the controlled chaos of city life often overshadows its environmental challenges, Prakruthi Rao and Akshara Mehta, co-founders of Juhu Beach Studio, are revolutionising fashion by turning textile waste into durable, handcrafted products. With an all-women team, they emphasise sustainable practices and community support, creating timeless pieces that promote responsible consumption and redefine the relationship between style and sustainability.

Sunita and Suhas Ramegowda run 'The Good Gift', a startup that is bringing back the age-old practice of making rag dolls based around craft-making.

Sunita and Suhas Ramegowda run 'The Good Gift', a startup that is bringing back the age-old practice of making rag dolls based around craft-making. While doing so, they have prevented 8,000 kg of textile waste from entering the landfills and empowered at least 200 tribal women in the Nilgiris.

Tanay Jain (15), a class 10 student from Kolkata started Katran Foundation that upcycles waste fabric from textile factories, provides employment to karigars, and donates clothes to underprivileged children.

Did you know 8000 litres of water is needed to make one pair of jeans? Now think of the happy implications if all those old denims could be repurposed into school stationery for hundreds of marginalised kids.

"It takes 946 liters of water to grow enough cotton to make one pair of jeans. So every time you throw away your old denims, you not only add to the toxic landfills but also waste that much water."