Fabric Waste Management

The only sustainable way to manage waste materials is by recovering and reusing them to conserve the resources that have gone into creating them. 

​

At ZERO WASTE LADAKH, we are passionate about managing fabric waste because though the textile industry is one of the top global polluters, little is said and done about textile waste. Out of all forms of textile waste, the least valued is tailor waste, which is the leftover scraps from tailors. It is landfilled, incinerated, dumped, or burnt in the open. Hence, we focus on the recovery and reuse of this tailor waste. 

​

Our intervention in this regard is to collect tailor waste, sort it, create utility products by engaging local self-help groups, and market the upcycled products for their livelihood generation. To know more, please visit here.