Circular Economy in Fashion and Textile Industry Via Different Stakeholders: A System Towards the Environment Sustainability

Fashion industry has been working on a linear economy model since its inception. Linear economy model leads to generate a lot of waste and creating pollution. Fashion industry needs to be slow and circular in order to maintain its sustainability. The transition from linear to circular economy can neither happen immediately nor individually. There is need of strong will, out of box researches, technological advancement, effective industrial collaboration, strict governmental policies and appropriate awareness among consumers to make this transition easier. There is a dire need of multidisciplinary approach as well as inter industry collaboration for gaining complete circular economy in fashion industry. This paper discusses about how each stakeholder from manufactures to consumer are responding and taking action towards this transition from linear to circular. This paper also analyses the challenges and the way ahead for these challenges.