, Sept. 10 -- A delegation from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is in the Netherlands on a visit in an effort to boost experience on textile waste recycling.

The visit, organised in collaboration with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Dutch Embassy in Dhaka, seeks to bridge technological gaps and foster partnerships to transition towards a more sustainable and circular textile economy.

Bangladesh's apparel industry, the world's second-largest, generates an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 tons of textile waste annually, according to a press release.

While this "jhut" has a high potential for recycling-especially the cotton-based portion-the country currently recycles only a small fractio...