Abstract
The article investigates the sources of sewing and knitting production waste, analysis types and characteristics of knitted waste, the current state of waste treatment technologies and their impact on the environment. It is proved that the technological production processes are accompanied by intense release of harmful substances that contaminate the work area and the environment, causing deterioration of working conditions for people and equipment. On the basis of technology analysis of recycling sewing and knitting production waste was designed and presented a model for the processing of knitting yarn waste.