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Panipat: the world's largest textile-recycling cluster became a rug town

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Place: Panipat, Haryana
Collection: Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
Publisher: The Tribune
Themes: Global diffusion of tufting, Yarn & materials

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“Panipat: the world’s largest textile-recycling cluster became a rug town.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record. tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/handloom-city-panipat-weaves-worlds-largest-recycling-empire/amp.

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~25 years old. 30 lakh kg of recycled yarn a day, ~200 spinning mills, ~70,000 workers (The Tribune, 2025); ₹7,000 crore of carpets exported a year (Amar Ujala, 2023). The cheap tufted rug and the recycled-fibre industry are the same story. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): partly confirmed. Confirmed in Tribune: over 30 lakh kg/day of recycled yarn, and about 200 spinning mills (another version of the story says 150). NOT found: ~70,000 workers, '~25 years old', and Amar Ujala 2023's ₹7,000 crore of carpet exports. Other Tribune pieces give Panipat's total exports as ₹18,000–20,000 crore, all textiles. The article date was not visible. Source: Handloom city Panipat weaves world's largest recycling empire (The Tribune). Found at: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/handloom-city-panipat-weaves-worlds-largest-recycling-empire/amp Also: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/pms-praise-for-recycling-hub-panipat-cheers-industrialists · https://www.outlookbusiness.com/planet/circularity/panipat-textile-recycling-waste-colonisation-pollution