
Publications
Discover the publications from the ECOSYSTEX community and its members.
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T-REX project report: business models & financial viability
As part of the T-REX Blueprint for scaling textile-to-textile recycling in Europe, this report presents key insights from the Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) on the business viability of circular textile systems.
T-REX life cycle assessment & plastic leakage analysis report
As part of the T-REX Blueprint for scaling textile-to-textile recycling in the EU, T-REX presents a summary report of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Plastic Leakage Analysis conducted by consortium partner Quantis.
Green VETRINE free online course
Green VETRINE has been developed by leading European training organisations in the textile and clothing sector, and delivers a European certificate for successful completion. The course is also available in seven languages.
T-REX’s technical guidance for recyclable garments
This guidance brings together key insights from research conducted during the T-REX project, offering practical, detailed advice on how to create recyclable garments while stepping away from the mono-material approach.
T-REX project reveals textile recycling blueprint
Following the successful completion of the 3-year innovation programme, the T-REX Project is pleased to present its recommendations for the scaling of textile-to-textile (T2T) chemical recycling in Europe.
T-REX Project Report: Piloting a data model for textile-to-textile recycling
The textiles industry faces major environmental challenges, from high carbon emissions to overwhelming amounts of post-consumer waste. To tackle these issues, the T-REX Project has been working to build a blueprint for a closed-loop system for textiles.
SOLSTICE's Territory Profile: Catalonia
The SOLSTICE project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, aims to tackle the textile industry’s challenges by piloting circular solutions in Berlin, Grenoble, Catalonia, and Prato.
SOLSTICE's Territory Profile: Grenoble
The SOLSTICE project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, aims to tackle the textile industry’s challenges by piloting circular solutions in Berlin, Grenoble, Catalonia, and Prato.
SOLSTICE's Territory Profile: Prato
The SOLSTICE project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, aims to tackle the textile industry’s challenges by piloting circular solutions in Berlin, Grenoble, Catalonia, and Prato.
SOLSTICE's territory profile: Berlin
The SOLSTICE project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, aims to tackle the textile industry’s challenges by piloting circular solutions in Berlin, Grenoble, Catalonia, and Prato.
SOLSTICE's report on analysis of consumer research
This report aims to summarise findings about consumer behaviour related to circular textiles in the four territories: Catalonia, Berlin, Prato, and Grenoble as researched under the SOLSTICE project.
T-REX Project White Paper on Advancing Textile Circularity: Policy Recommendations for Implementing ESPR in the EU
T-REX Project released a white paper providing strategic recommendations for policymakers to facilitate a robust and sustainable textile recycling ecosystem in the EU.
Waste2BioComp’s report on benchmarking and technology watch
This report represents the final version of the Report on benchmarking and technology watch. It describes W2BC strategic benchmark and technology watch. Benchmarking strategic tool assists in the achievement of excellence, enabling improvement by borrowing and adapting the successful ideas and practices of organizations while avoiding unproven or problematic strategies.
Overview of renewable resources and their availability (Textile Market)
ECOSYSTEX Technical Working Group 4 (Renewable Materials & Standards) created an overview of the different types of renewable materials, with a focus on bio-based, regenerated and recycled, and of different types of material and their availability on the market as such, and in fibre form.
Overview of standardisation Committees, published and under development standards, and gap analysis for renewable materials/ textiles
ECOSYSTEX Technical Working Group 4 (Renewable Materials & Standards) created a document providing an inventory of the standards related with renewable, bio-based and recycled materials, as well as a gap analysis indicating future needs for standards development, and a non-exhaustive overview over the existing private labels and certification schemes.
SCIRT’s True Cost Calculator
Created as part of the SCIRT project, The True Cost Calculator is a self-assessment tool, developed to empower fashion professionals in efficiently measuring, comparing, and minimizing the environmental and social impact of garments across their lifecycle. It builds upon and enhances existing frameworks for evaluating the environmental and social costs of textiles. One of the most important features of the True Cost Calculator is its integration of financial, environmental, and social dimensions, monetizing the external costs associated with the lifecycle of clothing.
HEREWEAR’s policy brief: reshaping bio-based textiles
The HEREWEAR project brings an innovative holistic and systemic approach towards the creation of an EU textile ecosystem and market for locally produced circular textiles and clothing made from bio-based (waste) materials. These policy recommendations build on the project's results and findings to establish more sustainable textile manufacturing and use in Europe.
EU LIFE TREATS’s “Enabling Circularity”: a designer's guide to fiber recyclability
As part of the EU LIFE TREATS project, Lenzing Group and Södra have created a guide for designers and brands to enable circularity in textiles. The purpose of "Enabling Circularity - A designer's guide to fiber recyclability" is to share their experience of textile recycling, as well as its opportunities and limitations. Södra and Lenzing have a history of working together for over 10 years, developing textile pulp, and processes of textile recycling
CISUTAC’s guidelines for local embedding and link with CCRI
The work provides an overview of the key instruments within the reach of local and regional authorities to improve the circularity of textile material flows, especially via citizens and engagement.
CISUTAC’s decision support tool for post-consumer textiles on reuse and repair
The work conducted led to two main outcomes: the creation of a unique dataset comprising 30,000 PCT garments , and the development of an AI model. The dataset includes images and annotations for each garment, capturing the complexities introduced by wear, tear, and alterations during the user phase. Unlike existing datasets that focus on pre-consumer textiles, this collection provides a more realistic foundation for developing digital sorting solutions.