New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to lead water conservation efforts and tackle textile waste with innovative recycling, sustainable fashion, and circular economy initiatives. Addressing the 120th episode of his monthly radio broadcast, Mann Ki Baat, Modi shared several initiatives which are underway in many states for water conservation and efforts being undertaken to deal with the textile challenge. He also spoke on cookies made from Mahua flowers, performance of para-athletes in Khelo India Games 2025, importance of International Yoga Day, rising popularity of Indian culture, and urged children and their parents to share their holiday experiences with #HolidayMemories.
He said that textile waste has become a major cause of worry for the whole world as only less than one percent of textile waste is recycled into new clothes. “Nowadays, the trend of getting rid of old clothes as soon as possible and buying new ones is increasing all over the world. Have you ever thought about what happens to the old clothes that you stop wearing? This becomes textile waste.
.. India is the third country in the world where the maximum textile waste is generated.
This means that we also face a huge challenge,” he said. According to several studies, China and the United States are the top two countries generating the most textile waste. Modi said “many commendable efforts” are being undertaken in India to deal with textile waste.
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