dup-CIRCULAR FASHION

Your Textile Waste Can Become Your Next Material.

Circular Fashion Textile Waste Solutions

Fashion creates valuable materials throughout its production journey from cotton fibre and fabric to garment manufacturing.

At Jothi, we help brands explore a circular pathway for suitable cotton textile waste, transforming recovered material into recycled cotton paper and recycled cotton board for packaging, tags, stationery and other applications.

Instead of treating suitable textile waste as the end of its material journey, we explore how it can become part of a new product and packaging story.

Cotton textile waste being transformed into recycled cotton paper and board
THE CHALLENGE

The fashion industry generates material waste. What happens next?

Textile production runs through multiple stages, and each can leave behind suitable cotton textile waste that no longer serves its original purpose. The opportunity is to look beyond first use and ask what the material could become next.

Textile waste
→
New material
→
New application
THE PATHWAY

From cotton textile waste to new material

Our circular fashion approach connects the textile and packaging sides of the value chain.

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Cotton textile waste
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Recovered fibre
03
Recycled cotton paper & board
04
Fashion & packaging applications

The objective is to keep suitable material in use by giving it another practical application.

THE PROCESS

How circular fashion works

A practical pathway connecting suitable cotton textile waste with recycled paper, board and new fashion and packaging applications.

WHERE IT STARTS

Where the material journey begins

Suitable cotton textile waste can occur at different stages of the value chain. Material is assessed and prepared for recovery before it’s developed into recycled paper or board.

Cotton fibre

Raw fibre waste from early-stage processing.

Fabric

Woven or knit material left over from production.

Garment production waste

Cuttings and offcuts from manufacturing.

Other suitable waste

Additional cotton textile waste streams, assessed case by case.

RECYCLED COTTON PAPER

For tags, labels and brand communication

100–700 GSM · multiple sheet sizes

Recovered cotton material developed into recycled cotton paper for garment tags, swing tags, labels, inserts, belly bands, stationery, packaging components and brand communication.

Garment tagsSwing tagsLabelsBelly bandsStationery
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RECYCLED COTTON RIGID BOARD

For structure, where the application needs it

50% cotton textile waste + 50% industrial packaging waste · 1–6 mm · up to 31 × 41 in

For applications requiring greater thickness and structure — rigid boxes, premium packaging, garment packaging, hangers, inserts and display structures.

Rigid boxesPremium packagingHangersDisplay structures
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“Rather than treating suitable textile waste only as a disposal challenge, businesses can explore whether it becomes a useful recovered input for another application.”

The right pathway depends on the material’s source, suitability and the intended product requirement.

Jothi’s paper-making journey began in 1996, combining handmade paper-making experience with recovered fibres and material innovation — now focused on transforming cotton textile waste into recycled paper and board for fashion, packaging and other industries.

1996
Our paper-making journey began
TRACEABILITY

Material information & certification

Relevant details can be shared alongside a material, where applicable to the specific product and requirement.

Material source
Recycled content
Material composition
Product specifications
Manufacturing information
Certification documentation
Available environmental info
Jothi is GRS certified, with applicable products and processes within the relevant certified scope.
FAQ

Common questions

What is circular fashion?
Circular fashion explores ways to keep suitable materials from the fashion and textile value chain in use, by giving them another material or product application.
How can textile waste become packaging material?
Suitable cotton textile waste can be recovered and developed into recycled cotton paper or board for suitable packaging and brand applications.
What textile waste can Jothi explore?
Suitable cotton textile waste from across the value chain — including cotton fibre, fabric and garment production waste.
Can recycled cotton paper be used for fashion packaging?
Yes — garment tags, swing tags, labels, inserts, belly bands, stationery, packaging components and brand communication.
Can textile waste become rigid packaging?
Suitable material can be developed into recycled cotton rigid board for rigid boxes, premium packaging, garment packaging, inserts and structural applications.
Does every textile waste stream become paper?
No. Suitability depends on the material source and application requirements — we explore suitable waste streams for appropriate applications.
GET STARTED

Have cotton textile waste?

Tell us about your material, source and approximate quantity. We’ll explore whether a suitable circular pathway may be possible.

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