
Rizvan Hasan
Circular economy practitioner. 13+ years in Bangladesh's garment industry, from the garment supply chain to textile waste traceability. Trains factories, waste handlers, consultants and institutes, and speaks to university and industry audiences.
I started in garment merchandising, where the job is turning a buyer's order into shipped cartons on time. That taught me how a factory really runs: the numbers, the people and the shortcuts. Today I work on the other end of the line, on what happens to the cut-offs and leftovers, and how to trace them so they become raw material again.
I am a specialist, not a consultant. I write to understand things, and I share what I find.
Speaking & events
Circular Economy Solutions for the Textile Value Chain
Keynote speaker · CEMS Global and Ecovia, 24th Textech BangladeshForum for EU Trade: Spotlight on Digital Product Passport
Panellist · Ministry of Commerce with GIZ and EPBInnovation Cell (Spinning): producing yarn from pre-consumer fabric waste
Expert panellist · Textile TodayInnovation in Action by Fashion for Good
Speaker · Best of Bangladesh in EuropeRising Costs in the Textile and Apparel Industry
Panellist · Eurofins and Textile Focus, Focus TalkIn the media
- TexSPACE Today · Quoted · 18 May 2026The waste that isn't worthless
There seems to be a lot of free stock but actually there isn't. Everything is arriving mixed. Segregating it, that's the challenge.
- Thomson Reuters Foundation · Quoted · 30 Sept 2025Bangladesh's textile firms turn to technology to sort waste crisis
By comparing the amount of waste handed out by factories with that received by formal waste handlers and recyclers, any leakage can be detected.
Also published by Eco-Business and The Star. - Textile Today · Expert panellist · 21 Jul 2025Color segregation, spinning limitations and brand requirements challenge Bangladesh's textile recycling industry
- Textile Today · Interviewed · 11 Jul 2025Bangladesh's textile recycling success with Reverse Resources
- Prothom Alo · News · 19 May 2025রিভার্স রিসোর্সেসের বাংলাদেশের কান্ট্রি লিড হলেন রিজভান হাসান
- Apparel Resources · News · 19 May 2025Reverse Resources appoints Rizvan Hasan as Bangladesh country head
- Best of Bangladesh · Speaker · 18 Apr 2025Innovation in Action by Fashion for Good
- Textile Today · MentionedCotton Loop initiative aims to turn Bangladesh's garment waste into a circular cotton supply chain
- TexSPACE Today · PanellistReCIRCLE dialogue reveals AI-based sorting, precision cutting, chemical treatments and digital tracking advancing textile recycling
About this site
This site is my notebook. I keep my thoughts here so I can see them together, and see what I think.
Learned on the job. The opinion is my own at the time of publishing. If I change my mind, I will say so on the page rather than quietly edit it.
The opinions on this site are my own and cannot be quoted as my employer's official position.
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