Textile Recycling Market to Reach 1 Trillion Yen by 2030 - September 2025

Textile Recycling Market to Reach 1 Trillion Yen by 2030 - September 2025
The textile recycling market is expected to reach 1 trillion yen by 2030. In the background is the problem of mass production and mass disposal due to the spread of fast fashion, and clothing disposal has been considered a serious environmental issue worldwide. In Japan, the recycling rate is only about 20%, with the remainder dependent on incineration or landfill, but technological advances in chemical recycling and bio-derived materials are beginning to improve the efficiency of recycling. In Europe, the extended producer responsibility system is being strengthened and a mechanism is being developed to impose collection obligations on apparel companies, and similar institutionalization is being discussed in Japan. In addition, interest in sustainable fashion is growing, especially among young people, and demand for products made from used clothing and recycled materials is increasing. Major apparel companies have voluntarily set up collection boxes, and regional collection
networks in cooperation with local governments are expanding. In the face of intensifying international competition for securing resources and unstable raw material prices, the recycling of domestic resources is becoming increasingly important from the perspective of security and economic strategy. The combination of such social awareness, technological innovation, and policy support has made the rapid growth of the textile recycling market a reality, and it is expected to serve as a foundation for simultaneously reducing environmental impact and strengthening industrial infrastructure [7:3†files_uploaded_in_conversation].