polyester made from plastic bottles, which accounted for 6.9% of all fiber produced post-consumer recycled textiles in 2024. textile waste. This is due to the labor- Source: Textile Exchange based on data from CIRFS, FAO ICAC,IVC,IWTO, Maia Research, and its own modeling. proportion of recycled fibers in 2024, at recycling. Chemical recycling technologies around 12.0%. Although this represents a decline from 2023, when the market share volumes increased slightly. Around 98% of in 2024, while recycled polyamide (nylon) made up around 2%, recycled acrylic around