It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

ITA Academy

Going Circular / Texaid Project

6 March 2023

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Textile waste is a problem in Europe. Out of 7–7.5 million tonnes of textiles discarded every year, only 30–35% are collected separately – and of that quantity, only 15–20% are sorted by medium and larger sorting facilities within the EU.

Texaid Looks at Sorting 4.0 with Project to Transform Textile Waste into Feedstock

A new project addressing the technology-capacity gap in sorting for reuse and recycling to ensure that high-quality raw materials from non-wearable textile waste can be made available on a large scale, is in the works.

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