Recycled Plastic Explained: Why Recycling Isn’t One Solution
Recycled plastic has become the default answer to plastic waste. Governments mandate it, brands advertise it, and sustainability strategies often treat it as proof of progress. If more plastic is recycled, the problem must be shrinking. That assumption is where things start to break down. Plastic is not a single material, recycling is not a […]
Textile Waste Management in India and Industrial Demand
Textile waste management in India is usually discussed in terms of landfills, exports, or donation streams. What is discussed far less is how everyday industrial procurement decisions quietly determine where textile waste actually ends up. Factories, warehouses, and workshops require ongoing cleaning. Oils, dust, coolants, and residues must be removed throughout the day. Yet most […]
How to Register for EPR for Plastic Waste in India
EPR for Plastic Waste usually becomes a priority for businesses at a particular moment. It often arises when a CPCB notice lands in the inbox, when an auditor flags non-compliance, or when a client or marketplace asks for proof of EPR registration before proceeding with business. For many companies, plastic has always been part of […]
Textile Waste in India: Types, Challenges, & Solutions
Description: Discover the main types of textile waste in India and how improved textile waste management can turn these discarded streams into value. Textile Waste management in India is often discussed only at the very end of a product’s life, when clothes are already torn, dumped, or forgotten. However, these remnants do not suddenly appear […]
A Complete Guide to Plastic EPR Compliance in India
Extended producer responsibility is one of those terms that sounds complicated until you realise it is actually built on a straightforward idea. If a company puts plastic into the market, it should also take responsibility for what happens to that plastic after it is used. That is it. That is the heart of EPR in […]
Understanding rPET Flakes in Plastic Recycling | ReCircle
rPET flakes are where plastic recycling actually begins. Before recycled plastic turns into packaging, fabric, or industrial products, it exists as small, irregular pieces created by breaking down used PET bottles. These flakes may look insignificant, but they determine whether plastic can re-enter the economy or quietly fail somewhere along the supply chain. To understand […]
Key differences between material recovery facility (MRF) & textile recovery facilities (TRF)
In most Indian cities, waste travels a long way — from our homes and offices to overburdened landfills that grow larger by the day. In a country where most waste still ends up in landfills or dumps, the question isn’t how much we collect, but what happens next. Every plastic wrapper, old T-shirt, and rusted […]
ReCircle Named to Fortune’s Change the World 2025 List
ReCircle has been featured on Fortune’s 2025 Change the World List, alongside 49 other businesses across the world that are creating lasting impact. When we started our journey, waste management was rarely seen as an industry that could drive change. What kept us going was a simple belief that waste could be recovered, that people […]
Mumbai’s Largest Diwali Dry Waste Collection Drive Returns for its 5th Year
Every year, as Diwali approaches, we all slip into the same ritual: Diwali ki Safaai. Cupboards are cleared, old clothes resurface, and boxes that haven’t seen daylight in years finally make their way out. And then? All of that waste piles onto a city that’s already carrying more than its share. You’ve seen it, stepped […]
Textile Waste | Recircle’s Textile Waste Management Model
India’s textile waste is rising. Discover how ReCircle addresses the crisis through sustainable textile waste management in India through circular solutions. Textile waste is the most challenging crisis hiding in our CLOSETS. When we think of pollution, most of us picture plastic bottles or oil spills. But there’s another kind of pollution silently piling up […]