Textile Recycling Only Works If the Budget Does

Most textile waste still ends up in landfills — not because solutions don’t exist, but because companies struggle to justify the cost.

In this episode, Ron Hawk talks about building a circular textile facility in the U.S., why sorting and input quality drive economics, and how legislation is forcing brands to rethink end-of-life planning. Ron Hawk explains why recycling infrastructure is scaling slowly, why investor funding is hard to secure, and how many sustainability commitments stall at the CFO level.