Publications

Discover the publications from the ECOSYSTEX community and its members.
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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.

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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.

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All Textile ETP All Textile ETP

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.

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Circular economy & textile recycling Textile ETP Circular economy & textile recycling Textile ETP

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.

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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.

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Circular economy & textile recycling, All Textile ETP Circular economy & textile recycling, All Textile ETP

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

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All, Circular economy & textile recycling Textile ETP All, Circular economy & textile recycling Textile ETP

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.

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