Promotion of circular economy in the textile and garment sector through the sustainable management of chemicals and waste in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa

To promote the concept of circular economy (CE) in the textile and garment (TG) sector of Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa through value chain approach that addresses the sector’s upstream: resource use; green and sustainable chemistry as well as downstream by the reuse, recycling and conversion of textile/garment discards and related wastes into economically viable and socially beneficial products and services.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/10543
Countries
South Africa,
Madagascar,
Lesotho
Managing organisations
National Executing Entities (NEE): Ministry of Tourism
Environment and Culture of Lesotho
Directorate of the promotion of Blue and Green Economy in the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar
National Cleaner Production Cent
Implementing organisations
UNIDO
Project ID
10543
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 7
GEF Cofinancing
$47.433.838
GEF project grant
$7.400.000
Executing Agencies
National Executing Entities (NEE): Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture of Lesotho, Directorate of the promotion of Blue and Green Economy in the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar, National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA) of South Africa Regional Executing Entity (REE): Africa Institute for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous and Other Wastes