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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides independent, evidence-based science and knowledge, supporting EU policies to positively impact society. The EU Science Hub is the main website of the JRC.

 
 
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Upcycling Fashion / Drawbacks Analysis
Distinctiveness has a ceiling that few briefs account for, and understanding where that ceiling sits matters more than chasing novelty without any restraint.

The Design Instinct Upcycled Fashion Brands Need to Unlearn

  • Special Correspondent

30 June 2026
Circularity Issues / EPR Schemes Report
Producer responsibility schemes are generating revenue across dozens of markets, but the recycling infrastructure that revenue was intended to build remains largely absent from the system it funds.

Fashion's Circular Economy Promise Collects the Money but Skips the System

  • Subir Ghosh

3 July 2026
 
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Event Roundup / IT Shenzhen Interview
The textile industry's pivot toward digital tools and sustainable materials represents not a single transition but a layered negotiation between commercial reality and environmental imperative

Old Fibres and New Intelligence Compete for the Soul of Textile Manufacturing

  • Subir Ghosh

21 July 2026
Event Roundup / Brussels 2026 Analysis
Decades of quiet infrastructure built around collection, grading and international redistribution now underpin any credible circular textile economy, though the sector rarely receives comparable attention in policy design.

Brussels Proved Circularity Has Grown up; Now Industry Needs to Catch up

  • Mohammed Patel

14 July 2026
 
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Recycling Crisis / Tshirt Study Report
The environmental cost of a cotton t-shirt is set long before it reaches a shop floor, determined by cultivation, water use and the inefficiencies of industrial fibre processing.

Why Bangladesh Loses More Cotton Than Norway's Best Recycling System Can Ever Recover

  • Special Correspondent

28 May 2026
Kenya Voice / Politics of Waste / II Interview
Kenya’s mitumba markets form a vital reuse network where millions depend on the trade of secondhand clothing, turning global textile surplus into livelihoods and affordable apparel.

UNEP’s Textile Waste Guidelines Draw Scrutiny from Kenya’s Secondhand Clothing Sector

  • Subir Ghosh

11 November 2025
 
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