Track: Sustainability and Green System

Abstract

With the rapid growth in the textile fashion Industry during the last two decades, raw materials consumption along with the excessive use of non-renewable resources rose significantly. As a result, the fashion and textile industries are facing crucial challenges to deal with limited natural resources. In the case of Bangladesh, circular fashion is completely a new concept and is yet to explore along with significant changes in technical frameworks and policies of the textile industry. The objective of this study is to design a post-consumer level circular economy framework in Bangladesh using reselling, repairing services, sharing platforms, and reusing concepts. The case study of that paper is done considering the local resale markets of Chittagong, Bangladesh. A real-world customer survey was done in that paper to analyze the consumer perspective toward circular fashion in Bangladesh and to identify potential opportunities for establishing an integrated model following post-consumer apparel products. After gathering and analyzing survey data and consumer perception, we developed an integrated model to establish a framework for CE in the fashion industry in the local market. While many research studies have already developed considering the consumer perspective in European countries and U.S., we tried to develop a circular model for Bangladesh. Because consumer perception varies in different demographic and geographic locations.