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Turning rejects into fashion in Bangladesh

3,709 views · Published 20 April 2014 · 2:23 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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But the country might also be the source of a solution in the form of a process called upcycling.

The process uses finished materials which have been discarded during the manufacturing process or rejected due to minor blemishes.

By using already usable materials, the process avoids recycling which would restart the whole production cycle - including all the waste of water, CO2, and energy.

Al Jazeera's Maher Sattar reports from Gazipur.

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Turning rejects into fashion in Bangladesh

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