Committed to Circularity
Textile to Textile
Woven and knit textiles including apparel and home goods such as bedsheets can be reused, recycled into new textiles and eventually returned to the earth.
Textile to
Nonwoven
Textiles including fabrics for apparel and home goods can be recycled into nonwoven products that are made using spunlaid, spunlace and other manufacturing methods.
Textile to
Engineered Material
Cotton manufactured into a textile can be recycled into a new, engineered product created through 3D printing or injection molding, for example.
Nonwoven
Cotton manufactured into a nonwoven application like wet wipes can be composted after use.
COTTON’S CIRCULAR LIFE CYCLE
Choose a product pathway to explore the
many ways you can close the loop with cotton.

The U.S. cotton industry has set meaningful 10-year goals to guide scientifically sound, national-scale improvement over time.
Learn more about industry goals for sustainable cotton production.