What an exciting and fruitful year for the T-REX Project! It was filled with continuous work on shaping the blueprint for scaling textile-to-textile in the EU and numerous interactions with the industry and the public – from citizen engagement activities in Finland, France and the Netherlands, to speaking engagements at industry events across Europe, topped with a policy roundtable on ESPR in Brussels. Thank you for following our journey this year. We look forward to sharing more learnings soon, as the project approaches conclusion in May 2025. Stay tuned!
T-REX Project | Textile Recycling Excellence
Textile Manufacturing
Creating a circular system for post-consumer textile waste. Funded by Horizon Europe 🇪🇺
About us
The T-REX Project brings together 12 major players from across the entire value chain to create a harmonised EU blueprint and business opportunities for closed loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste. Transforming end-of-use textiles, from waste, into a desired feedstock, and a commodity for new business models that can be adopted at scale.
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External link for T-REX Project | Textile Recycling Excellence
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- Textile Manufacturing
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
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- Nonprofit
Employees at T-REX Project | Textile Recycling Excellence
Updates
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Chosen for Redesign: Here's a great example of empowering citizens with tools to stimulate circular consumption ⤵️ Our consortium partner Aalto University collaborated with Emmy, Finland's largest second hand clothing online store, to find out what challenges and opportunities there are in the reuse and redesign of clothes, and whether these techniques can affect the value of second hand garments. In this collaboration, master's students in fashion and textiles used end-of-use clothing as material to create redesigned pieces. A collection was created challenging traditional design methods, the process also informed a set of DYI consumer tools, helping to demonstrate the potential for upcycling clothing. Head here for more information (in Finnish): https://lnkd.in/ezdZTQwW
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How can the textile industry reimagine growth from a materials perspective? In the latest report, Textile Exchange "advocates for phasing out virgin fossil-based synthetics as rapidly as possible, with the aim of replacing them with materials sourced from textile-to-textile recycling systems or from sustainably-sourced renewable resources." Head to the link in the post to access the report:
Introducing the Reimagining Growth Landscape Analysis 📈 Our latest report presents a vision of what the fashion, apparel, and textile industry needs to work toward to transform its current business model in alignment with “regenerative economy” and “post-growth” principles. Central to this is a complete reimagining of value creation. The report calls for business success to be redefined from that based on exponential increases in production and consumption volumes, toward sustainable and ethical practices, prioritizing well-being and prosperity for all stakeholder groups over the long term. Find out more and download the full report https://bit.ly/3Zk4y7X 📷 Madeleine Brunnmeier
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In our “Meet the consortium” series, we ask T-REX Project partners about their organisations’ role in the project, the challenges the consortium aims to overcome, as well as the opportunities within and outlook for the textile industry. This time, we spoke with Doris Hondtong, Circular Product Developer at Arapaha: https://lnkd.in/dyhHi6ev
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Insights on industry-wide collaboration to scale textile-to-textile recycling: Revisit the session with Drishti Masand, Senior Manager, Sustainability Direction at adidas, and Muchaneta ten Napel, Shape Innovate, on stage at MUNICH FABRIC START 🎥 https://lnkd.in/dYb8vetc
ADIDAS X SHAPE INNOVATE – IN CONVERSATION WITH DRISHTI MASAND
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Save the date! On December 11th, our consortium member Josse Kunst from CuRe Technology - Polyester Rejuvenation will be speaking at the online webinar dedicated to the latest developments in textile PES/PET recycling, hosted by PETCORE EUROPE. Learn more and register via the links in the post:
📢 Textile SIG of PETCORE EUROPE, the Brussels-based polyester value chain association, is hosting an online webinar "ADVANCING POLYESTER TEXTILE CIRCULARITY: COORDINATING SCALING ACROSS THE EU VALUE CHAIN FOR A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE", dedicated to the latest developments in TEXTILE PES/PET recycling 🔄. This event will provide insights into advancements in mechanical, depolymerization and sorting technologies, while also exploring the challenges of scaling the necessary collection & sorting quantities through the recycling process. We will also take an opportunity to evaluate the feasibility of aligning these initiatives with EU regulatory goals. 📢 Don't miss your chance and register today ➡️ https://bit.ly/3U1qe7a 🗓️ When: 11 DECEMBER 2024 ✅ Duration: from 1:30 PM CET till 6:00 PM CET 📢 Agenda & speakers ➡️ https://bit.ly/4eYcjXo #POLYESTERTEXTILECIRCULARITY #ReHubs #CircularEconomy #TextileRecycling #FibreToFibre #RegioGreenTex #EUProject #ReFashion #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #EUTextiles Refashion ReHubs EuRIC - The European Recycling Industries Rovitex DE MARTINI BAYART & TEXTIFIBRA S.P.A. - DBT FIBRE S.P.A. EURATEX - European Apparel and Textile Confederation CITEVE North-East Regional Development Agency / Agentia pentru Dezvoltare Regionala Nord-Est ATEVAL OVAM Città Studi Biella Centexbel Textile ETP TECHTERA Tèxtils.CAT Textile at RISE Wageningen University & Research Ellie.Connect
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Continuing our series of introductions to the T-REX Project consortium, we are in conversation with Prof. Dr. Dietmar Drummer from the Institute of Polymer Technology (LKT), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg: https://lnkd.in/dPeEZXwn
T-REX Project consortium: Introducing the Institute of Polymer Technology, FAU - T-REX Project
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Highlights from Paris 📸 After 5 weeks, our circular fashion awareness campaign hosted in collaboration with Fédération de la Mode Circulaire, and curated by Aalto University, has successfully concluded. Participants learned about the environmental impact of the textile industry along with how to extend the life of clothes they no longer wear. Some of the popular activities included a clothing repair workshop, a swapping event, and a visit to a sorting centre. Citizen engagement as a means to empower the shift towards a more circular textile industry is one of the focal areas of the T-REX Project. Learn more about the project's goals here: http://trexproject.eu
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13 major players from across the entire value chain came together in the T-REX Project to create a harmonised EU blueprint for closed loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste. Continuing our series of consortium introductions, we are in conversation with Ramon Pragt, R&D Engineer at CuRe Technology - Polyester Rejuvenation ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/efpiERxf
T-REX Project consortium: Introducing CuRe Technology - T-REX Project
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How should the fashion industry approach design for recyclability? This month, our T-REX Project partners came together for a workshop to discuss this topic and how the consortium's learnings can be translated into circular guidelines to empower designers and product developers. Stay tuned for the new guidelines coming out in Q2 2025! #textilewaste #circulareconomy #circularity #sustainablefashion #recycledfibres
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