How Navi Mumbai is Turning Textile Waste into Opportunity for People and the Planet

• Municipal Textile Recovery Facility (TRF) set up by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) under Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0, integrating decentralised collection, scientific sorting, traceability and women-led livelihood generation.
• Flagged as a scalable urban model for diverting textile waste from landfills, advancing India's circular economy in solid waste management.
• Examinable for GS-III (environment, waste, urbanisation) and GS-II (governance — urban local bodies, SBM-U).