Reduce disposal
Redirect suitable textiles away from general waste and landfill, towards recovery.
About & Impact
Waste is a label. Value is a possibility.
The idea behind Punarnava, what guides us, and how we will measure progress.
पुनर्नव
Punarnava means renewal: the chance to begin again.
A torn garment, an old bedsheet or a discarded piece of fabric can still hold fibres worth recovering.
Punarnava began with that simple observation. A textile does not lose its value when it can no longer be worn, so we set out to collect, sort and process discarded textiles, and to connect the households, communities and industries that produce them with a better way to handle them.
Our aim
To recover textile waste responsibly, process it efficiently and return it to use, so that discarded fabric becomes a resource in a circular economy.
What guides the work
Tap a value.
Using resources responsibly and cutting textile waste through recovery.
Exploring new technologies, materials and applications for discarded textiles.
Encouraging conscious waste practices in homes, communities and industry.
Partnering with people, businesses and institutions for collective impact.
Turning discarded material into resources that meet real needs.
Our commitments
Less discarded. More possibility.
Retain resources
Keep the value in fibres and materials that have already been produced.
Support circularity
Offer alternatives to virgin materials in suitable downstream uses.
Impact ledger
Numbers we will publish once we can prove them.
Figures come only from verified weighment and recovery records, never estimates.
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