This document discusses a project between OVS, Reverse Resources, BGMEA and other brands to implement a circular fashion waste business model in Bangladesh. The goal is to scale circular production of garments made from post-production waste like textile scraps. Suppliers will sort and send scraps to Reverse Resources for logistics, traceability and recycling into fibers. The fibers will be made into new yarn and used to manufacture end products that OVS will purchase. The roles, workflow and contacts are outlined for tracing waste streams, recycling them and circulating back into production.

1. Project Introduction for Manufacturers
November 2020 – December 2021

2. CIRCULAR FASHION
PARTNERSHIP

3. MASSIVE
TRANSITION TO
CIRCULAR
ECONOMY HAS
ALREADY
STARTED

4. REVERSE
RESOURCES
MAKES
SUPPLY CHAIN
OF
WASTE-TO-
RECYCLING
EFFICIENT &
TRANSPARENT

5. RR connects the parties digitally, standardise processes, improve
efficiency & create transparency
Step 4: Market insight & reporting on circular progress

6. Win-win benefits for all stakeholders
2-3 times higher
price for waste
segregated by
composition
Increased business
volumes & cost
savings
5-30% cost savings
from sourcing
specific waste
types
Cost-competitive
recycled materials,
transparency

7. CURRENT SITUATION
active participants & done trades on the platform
WASTE TRADED
av. 50 t / month
DEMAND FROM
RECYCLERS
15,370 t / month

8. Segregation and Storing Process
1
Segregation
Keep the off
cuts in the bin
separately
without any
dust and foreign
particle(i.e
Plastics, Papers
Other fabric
cuttings etc.).
Labeling
Put the
segregated clips
in a bag and
attach the
proper label
2
Register
Register the
volume under
the category in
RR platform
3
Store
Store in a
proper secured
area until the
next shipment
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9. .
● General waste profile
● Inventory
● Recyclers’ requests
● Registration of shipments
Software Platform

10. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Category creation
● This option is
using to add all the
categories as per
your production.
● Category can be
created by color
and composition.

11. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Add goods &
Decommission goods
● These options are
used for adding
and give out the
material

12. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Add goods &
Decommission goods

13. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Shipment
● Shipment function
will allow you to
create the digital
challan and at the
same time will
update your
inventory

14. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Shipment

15. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Shipment

16. Software Platform
main functions on the platform
Shipment

17. If you’re interested you can sign
up for a full circularity report for
0.01 USD/kg of waste traced
from your facility to recycling.
This can be used for HIGG index
reporting.

18. Next Steps...
● MoU signing
● Sharing the mail addresses where the access to the platform
will be given
● Starting the Segregation based on the SOP and entering data
in the platform

19. Feel Free to contact us
in case of any further
queries
hemel@reverseresources.net
+8801720281780
mumit@reverseresources.net
+8801673188436
www.reverseresources.net

20. Corporate Sustainability
Venezia, 2020
Circular Fashion Partnership
October 2020
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21. Corporate Sustainability
Venezia, 2020
Introduction
OVS is working on a new initiative to make a quick step forward towards a circular fashion using post-production
waste.
The project is funded by P4g and involves, beside GFA, several brands which work in Bangladesh, Reverse
Resources and BGMEA.
The goal is to implement the Circular Fashion Waste Business Model with the aim to scale up the circular
production of new garments by OVS made from post-production waste streams such as textile scraps, in
Bangladesh. The project is outlined in two stages:
○ Stage 1: Traceability and recapturing of waste streams
○ Stage 2: Recycling waste streams and circulating back into production
A secondary goal of this initiative is to explore the opportunity to co-create and implement a Circular Fashion
Stock Marketplace for deadstock fabrics and potentially overstock garments piled up as a result of COVID-19.
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22. Corporate Sustainability
Venezia, 2020
Roles and responsibilities
This cross-sectorial project to support the development of the recycling industry in
Bangladesh by capturing and directing post-production fashion waste back into the
production of new fashion products.
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23. Corporate Sustainability
Venezia, 2020
How it works
OVS will identify a selection of suppliers able to
recover textile scraps sorted by color and material.
Those suppliers will be invited to fill a factory profile
template necessary to understand current waste
flows.
Factory personnel have to sort textile scraps by
color and material before sending them to Reverse
Resources.
Reverse Resource will be in charge of the logistic
process and the whole traceability of the system and
will recycle the scraps into fibres.
The fibres will be sent to Cyclo, a spinning mill, located
in Bangladesh which works with recycled materials, to
make new regenerated yarn.
The yarn will be sent to end product manufacturers or
fabric mills.
OVS will buy end products made with recycled
materials.
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24. Corporate Sustainability
Venezia, 2020
Contacts
Corporate Sustainability
Simone Colombo - Head of Corporate Sustainability - simone.colombo@ovs.it
Abdul Qaium - Sustainability Manager - abdul.qaium@ovs.it
Sourcing and product development
Steven Kruit - Country Manager Bangladesh - steven.kruit@ovs.it
Gian Marco Rogora - Quality Manager - gianmarco.rogora@ovs.it
Shajol Kamruzzaman - Senior Merchandising Manager - shajol.kamruzzaman@ovs.it
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