HEREWEAR

Based on the HEREWEAR results, on Friday November 29, a presentation will be given on the feasibility of a biobased textile industry in EU. Listen in on how biomass (waste) materials can be refined, extruded, and further transformed towards fashion and corporate wear in a more sustainable and local way.  The presentation will take place within the framework of ECOSYSTEX, the EU community of over 40 R&I projects.

The HEREWEAR Project officially ends. As we look back on these four years, we can proudly state that it has been successful for all of us. The HEREWEAR Hub with its 40+ resources and mentors will continue as a legacy managed by TCBL Association, and we invite you to follow them for further discussion of the sustainable T&C ecosystem.

#policy / The HEREWEAR vision of a sustainable EU textile sector based on ‘bio-based’, ‘local’ and ‘circular’, touches on the Textile Strategy but also many more EU policies. Consequently, it can benefit from policy measures in many domains. Based on the activities of HEREWEAR, in our policy brief, we phrased concrete recommendations along the following themes: ‘understand the market’, ‘foster a holistic approach to bio-based textiles’, ‘support local and social’, ‘implement a coherent and fair legislative framework’, ‘lead by example via public procurement’ and ‘raise awareness among all stakeholders’. Download and share it today! #textileindustry #eupolicy #policybrief #horizoneurope

It is with great satisfaction that we share the publication of HEREWEAR results in the CORDIS results pack on the future of textiles alongside other excellent projects my-fi, Glaukos project, New Cotton Project , SCIRT Project and TRICK Project. The publication highlights how the EU is tackling this challenge, funding research and innovation to create a sustainable, climate-neutral and circular textile sector. Read it at 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dcybSNBZ Publications Office of the European Union

CIRCULAR / You’ve probably heard the term “Digital Product Passport” used lately, something that the EU encourages to enhance textile industry traceability, circularity, and transparency.  A DPP is the best way to capture information about a garment's production, materials and processes, making it easier for it to be treated correctly throughout its lifecycle. Find out how in the HEREWEAR project we used a Digital Product Passport, previously developed by HEREWEAR partner circular.fashion, to provide transparent information about the bio-based, circular and local aspects of the demonstration garments. #euregulation #digitalproductpassport #horizon2020 #euproject #textileindustry #sustainablefashion #circulardesign

Two days in Milan to share HEREWEAR Project results at the ECOSYSTEX conference.   Industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers came together to discuss - and touch! - the results of our project alongside three other EU-funded projects - TRICK Project, my-fi and SCIRT Project. The passionate discussions and questions that arose in the HEREWEAR and networking sessions will help our partners with further research and uptake.   Working within the frameworks provided by the European Commission, the four projects have in common the desire to develop more bio-based materials, more circular business models, more traceable products and more reliable data. Of particular note:   *Breakthroughs in biofabrication involve collaboration with nature to create textiles, as seen in My Fi *Recycled materials have now reached a level of quality that makes them equal or better alternatives as we saw in the samples produced of a luxury wool coat by Fratelli Piacenza S.p.A. (Piacenza Cashmere) and a technical suit by GRASSI 1925 . *Robots do a great job improving recycling (see developments by SCIRT) *A major challenge to consider is “biosphere integrity” as explained by SPIN 360 *New business models are being put into practise by major producers like Decathlon as we saw in a tour of their facility.   We’d like to thank Textile ETP for creating the Ecosystex collaboration and its brilliantly organised conference, and the event sponsors Sistema Moda Italia, Accenture Italia and UniCredit for the excellent location and practical elements that encouraged an environment of productive exchange.

LOCAL / Change your narrative: gather local stakeholders for this workshop that opens up a conversation about how to begin their journey towards producing things locally. We’ve got the facilitator guide, worksheets and wooden dice to make this a fun and productive conversation. Download a copy today!

BIOBASED / What are ManMade Cellulosic fibres (MMCs) and how can they be part of a positive bio-based ecosystem? Most MMCs use a chemical transformation to make new fibres, typically involving large quantities of water, energy and pesticides. But there are better solutions, such as HighPerCell®, a MMC fibre spinning technology which can produce continuous filaments from various sources of cellulose using a direct dissolution process based on ionic liquids as solvent. In the HEREWEAR project, we used HighPerCell® to produce the first 100% continuous MMC filament from wheat straw! Hope for the future? Read more about it and let us know what you think: https://lnkd.in/dZJWFUPs

CIRCULAR / Here’s a proposal to solve the #fastfashion problem: What if all designers were trained to make durable clothing within the circular bioeconomy? The BIO TEN is a set of design guidelines developed and perfected by partner University of the Arts London through workshops within the HEREWEAR project. Get all the info and download the worksheets at https://lnkd.in/dVkrxSCW

LOCAL / This may sound obvious, but for textile and clothing production to be “local” it needs to be put into context. There is no pre-made answer to how to develop an economy that is bio-based, local and circular. Rather, each has to be developed by taking into account the stakeholders and materials in the local area. In the HEREWEAR project, we sought communities who were at different stages of their journey in order to create and test creative tools to support them in the transition. Whether your community catalyst is social workers or designers, we have a method  https://lnkd.in/dY9bG3NM