India's textile industry can turn 'fast fashion waste' into an opportunity, leveraging the country's diverse traditional skills in textile recycling and upcycling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday evening, speaking at Bharat Tex 2025.

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

Founded by Akanksha Kaila Akashi, Refash is a platform that brings together all brands providing upcycled clothes and accessories

Textile waste arrives in Panipat from Kandla port in Gujarat where shipping containers bring in worn, discarded clothes from across the world

Rajiben Vankar, an artisan from Gujarat is on a mission to collect as much plastic as possible and give it a conscience by weaving it into bags, jackets and other items

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

The Sewaj Neesim Foundation upcycles old military uniforms into articles of use like bags and caps, among others

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