Certainly, recycling cotton, along with other textiles and fabrics, is indeed feasible. By recycling just one tonne of cotton, an impressive 765,000 litres of water can be conserved. Despite this, the production of recycled cotton faces constraints, primarily because its quality might not match that of newly produced cotton. As a result, recycled cotton frequently gets mixed with new cotton to create new products. Cotton recycling is typically divided into two categories:

• Pre-consumer recycled cotton – where waste cotton material is processed into new fibres.
• Post-consumer recycled cotton – which involves breaking down and repurposing used cotton to create new fibres.