Now, textiles that offer adjustable aesthetics. Work on responsive smart fabrics could help monitor people’s health, improve thermal insulation, and provide new tools for managing room acoustics and interior design.
A consortium of 12 major players from across the entire recycling value chain has launched a EU-funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste. The T-REX Project (Textile Recycling Excellence) will work to create a harmonised EU blueprint for closed-loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste.
The New Cotton Project has released its second white paper, authored by Aalto University. The new document, among other things, discusses the process of transitioning to circularity and analysing business from a value creation perspective. This is then followed by business models innovations: a review of the literature and guideline for measuring success.
