Globally over 92 million tons of textile waste is produced annually, mainly ending up in landfill or incineration, and there is increasing environmental and legislative pressure to recycle and valorize this waste stream. The availability of recycled cotton pulp from textiles is projected to increase five-fold in next 3 years, reaching 500 kt/a by 2026. One of the key requirements for the valorization of cellulosic textile waste in production of MMCFs is the removal of dyes. In this presentation, the efficiency of various bleaching chemicals will be compared in the decolorization of textile waste material.