Bangladesh’s textile industry has significant potential to use the circular economy for the next stage of product innovation and upgrading the sector’s industrial structure. This will require formalising the currently highly informal post-industrial textile waste (Jhut) economy and trade. However, existing political economy challenges have so far prevented an inclusive and socially just transition of the sector.

This report proposes measures and regulatory reforms to create an effective management framework for post-industrial textile waste (Jhut) in order to accrue maximum economic, social and environmental benefits from the Jhut supply chain in Bangladesh.