Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most critical environmental concerns. The burgeoning production of disposable plastic goods has outstripped the global capacity to manage them. It is strikingly apparent in developing Asian and African nations where garbage collection mechanisms are frequently ineffective or non - existent. Nevertheless, the developed world, particularly in countries with low recycling rates, also grapples with the proper collection of discarded plastics. This scenario has spurred initiatives to formulate a global treaty under the United Nations' aegis.

The Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) and the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) establish the benchmarks for the third-party accreditation of recycled materials and the chain of custody. The GRS encompasses a higher minimum recycled content percentage of 50% and supplementary social and environmental prerequisites concerning processing and chemical utilization.

Recycled fibers are those which are crafted via chemical or physical means from the waste, by-products or obsolete items of natural or synthetic polymers.

In 2020, we achieved the milestone of replacing 79% of the virgin polyester used in Yulitex textile products and will accelerate the transformation towards the aim of only using recycled polyester throughout the product range where polyester is used.