This article aims to assess the potential contributions of design to enable the implementation of the reverse logistics process for textile waste. It highlights sustainability approaches within the design field and correlates them with the reverse logistics flowchart in both pre-consumer and post-consumer stages of the textile and apparel (T&C) industry. The text emphasizes the importance of proper textile waste management and reverse logistics, identifying key areas where design can intervene throughout the product's life cycle. The goal is to foster economic, social, and environmental transformations, enhanced by the strategic role of the designer.
Aquim et al. (Thu,) studied this question.