The Ellen Macarthur Foundation found that addressing environmental and social problems created by the fashion industry would provide a $192 billion overall benefit to the global economy by 2030 with the annual value of clothing discarded prematurely is more than $400 billion. In this episode of Selling Circular, Garr Punnett and Sabira Lakhani interview Marisa Adler about the complexities of textile recycling and the recent RRS report, "SORTING FOR CIRCULARITY USA: A COMMERCIAL ASSESSMENT OF FIBRE TO FIBRE RECYCLING IN THE U.S."They discuss personal journeys in sustainability, the challenges faced in waste management, and the importance of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in creating effective recovery systems. The conversation highlights the findings of the RRS report on textile waste, the role of technology in recycling, and the critical need for sorting processes to improve recovery rates.