The Quezon City Government further advances its circular economy and sustainability initiatives, with the passage of City Ordinance SP-3472, S-2025, or the Textile Sustainability and Circularity Ordinance of Quezon City.
Through the ordinance, the City has formally established the QC Textile Sustainability and Circularity Program, which promotes a sustainable, circular textile system that benefits citizens, the economy, and the environment.
Circularity Hubs will be established to facilitate textile waste processing. The materials will be collected, sorted, repaired, repurposed, and recycled to reduce textile waste and generate livelihood for the residents.
This is in addition to the Circularity Hub in Barangay Payatas, which was launched last October, equipped with weaving looms, cutting machines, and a production and showroom area where artisans weave and display upcycled scraps into new items. It was established in partnership with Cebu-based social and cultural enterprise ANTHILL Fabric Gallery.
Partnerships with other government agencies, civil society organizations, and the academe will also be strengthened to advocate sustainable textile consumption and production. Incentives await businesses that promote the circular textile economy.
A Textile Sustainability and Circularity Committee will be created to oversee the program and the efforts of the departments involved. The City Mayor will be its chairperson, and the Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Department and Small Business Cooperatives Development and Promotions Office as the committee’s co-vice chairpersons.
They will also formulate a 5-year Textile Sustainability and Circularity Action Plan to guide the City’s strategies and priorities.
“The enactment of this ordinance is a great way to commemorate Zero Waste Month. With a program on textile waste in place, we can ensure that scrap fabric will not end up in landfills, but will be repurposed and upcycled to become more useful and fashionable products, and at the same time provide opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs and artisans,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said.
The ordinance, authored by Councilors Aly Medalla, Dorothy Delarmente, and Vito Sotto Generoso, was passed by the Quezon City Council led by Vice Mayor Gian Sotto in December 2025.
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