Workers lose limbs at textile recycling hub

PANIPAT – Workers in Panipat’s textile recycling industry are suffering life-changing injuries at an alarming rate, according to an investigation by The Guardian, produced with the Pulitzer Center.

The city processes an estimated one million tonnes of used clothing annually, much of it discarded in the US, Canada and Europe. Its roughly 20,000 factories employ about 300,000 people, shredding garments into fibre and spinning them into yarn for products supplied to brands including H&M Home, IKEA, Primark, Tesco and Walmart.