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

RWTH Aachen University

Going Circular / Texaid Project

6 March 2023

2 minutes

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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Staff Writer

Going Circular / CITE

16 November 2022

2 minutes

CITE will exploit existing regional and international structures, programmes, and initiatives (i.e. European Green Deal, Circular Regions, New European Bauhaus) in order to teach circularity to entrepreneurs-to-be, with the ultimate goal of bringing key sustainable improvements into the entrepreneurial system.

6-Member Consortium to Boost Textile Circularity in Entrepreneurial Courses

A new project, Circular Economy Innovative Initiative for an Entrepreneurial Europe (CITE), aims to create a new dynamic and agile ecosystem in and between higher education institutions that will boost textile circularity and circular economy in innovation and entrepreneurial courses.

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Staff Writer

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