Ironing may seem simple, fill the iron, press the fabric, and move on. Many people unknowingly damage their clothes, waste time or struggle with stubborn creases because they’re not using their steam iron correctly. 

Students of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad are working on a design project wherein they are repurposing old clothes, giving a new life to second-hand clothes, scraps of cloth and textile waste

The faculty at the National Institute of Design is encouraging the students to innovate with the leftover fabric from not only within the campus but also outside it

45-year-old Medha Bhaat is a trained designer who has been threading her journey by advocating zero waste and making art with fabric discards

Twirl.Store, an award-winning social initiative, founded by Sujata Chatterjee aims to reduce fabric waste and empower women

Noida-based Paiwand Studio takes scrap from design studios, weaves it into the fabric and sells it back to them

With a focus on the 3Rs -reduce, reuse and recycle -Mulya Creation works on turning plain fabric into beautiful prints, all thanks to that gift from nature - flowers

Lotus silk is considered a highly exclusive fibre and is extracted by only a few expert craftspersons across the world. One of them is Bijayshanti Tongbram from Thanga Tongbram village of Manipur

Bageeya not only promotes handwork and crafts, but also gives a purpose to floral waste in their second life as natural dyes that bring colour and texture to their line of sustainable clothing

Converting food waste into fabrics and then, into stunning apparels has made an impression on designers and carved out a niche in the sustainable fashion space

A new "eco-vapour" toilet system being tested in India uses a breathable fabric that traps human waste and allows only water vapour molecules to escape, rendering sewage less hospitable to bacteria and other disease-causing organisms.