Ludhiana's knitwear units throw out fabric cuttings every day. A yard that collects them, sorts them by fibre and colour, and presses them into bales can sell to recycling mills in the city and in Panipat that turn them back into yarn.
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This business collects the fabric cuttings left over when knitwear is cut and stitched, sorts them by fibre (wool, cotton, acrylic, polyester) and by colour, and presses them into tight bales. The bales go to mills that tear the cloth back into fibre and spin it into low-cost yarn, or use it for blankets and fillings.
Ludhiana is India's largest hosiery and woollen knitwear hub, and every knitting and garment unit produces cuttings. Mixed, dirty waste fetches little, while clean bales of one fibre and one colour are much easier for mills to use. Buyers are close: the city has its own waste traders and recycled yarn makers, and Panipat in Haryana, a few hours away by road, is a large textile recycling centre.
You need a covered yard, a hydraulic baling press, weighing scales, a small goods vehicle and workers who can tell fibres apart. Register the business and get pollution board and fire safety approvals for storing waste. The hard part is steady supply: many traders already buy cuttings, so you must win regular pickup deals with units, pay them on time, and keep the yard safe from fire, since loose and baled fibre burns easily.
Sell to recycling mills and bigger waste traders, and keep samples of each grade ready to show buyers.
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