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PABLE: Textile Waste Recycling Start-Up from Indonesia
Last updated: Jul 28, 2025
Summary
Pable is an Indonesia-based start-up that offers a textile waste recycling service. Pable treats the textile waste into recycled yarn and processes it back into a new fabric. The textile waste that is being treated comes from pre-consumer production waste, which is generated throughout all manufacturing stages.
Problem
Indonesia is among the largest textile manufacturers and apparel exporters in the world. It contributes to the country’s GDP and employment in Indonesia. On the other hand, the sector also contributes to waste and pollution. Based on data from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia produced approximately 2.3 million tons of textile waste in 2019, with only 0.3 million tons of textile waste being recycled in Indonesia.
Solution
Pable has been trying to contribute to the textile waste issue by recycling the pre-consumer waste into a new fabric. In addition, they team up with the local community, the handwoven village, in East Java to develop the fabric.
Outcome
Pable provides a pre-consumer textile waste recycling service and has established a partnership with the handwoven village in East Java, Indonesia. The revenue for this business comes from direct sales to consumers and partnerships with fashion designers. Currently, they are preparing to expand their business by adding a post-consumer recycling service.
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Date added: Aug 4, 2022
Last updated: Jul 28, 2025
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