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WHITECYCLE bridging medieval wisdom and modern tech: what 13th-century ragpickers can teach us about recycling PET

Originally delivered as a presentation at the ARTEMIS Conference, this piece connects the dots between medieval textile networks and cutting-edge plastic recycling, and describes how the WHITECYCLE project is using enzymes and APIs to rebuild the kind of circular economy that medieval regions across Europe once ran on touch and trust.

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

TRUSTex's Draft Overview of textile eco-design strategies

This draft deliverable provides an overview of ecodesign strategies for textiles within the TRUSTex project, combining literature review, stakeholder insights, benchmarking and use case development (jeans and trekking jacket). It aims to bridge the gap between theoretical frameworks and industrial implementation.

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

TRUSTex's Draft Insight Infographic

Draft Deliverable 5.1 Insight Infographic presents the first edition of the TRUSTex stakeholder insights on the circular textile value chain. It summarises the key findings from the first phase of stakeholder engagement activities conducted between October 2025 and June 2026, including Stakeholder Boards, Hotspot Solution Finders and Citizen Panels.

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Green-tex Solutions

The Green-Tex Solutions publication presents the outcomes of the Interreg Danube Region project Enhancing Danube Green Textiles and Garment Production and Consumption (Green-Tex), showcasing nine practical circular economy solutions tested across three pilot areas: (i) smart textile waste collection, (ii) wider use of natural fibres and (iii) green fashion design. Implemented across nine Danube Region countries, these solutions demonstrate transferable approaches that support the transition to a circular textile economy and facilitate the adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) systems.

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TRUSTex's Draft Deliverable - Governance aspects of the DPP in the textile sector

The report addresses the data management requirements of actors in the textile sector when aligning their strategies and operations with the objectives of the 'Textile Strategy' and their implementation in the ESPR with regard to the DPP.

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TRUSTex's Draft Deliverable - Regulatory Landscape Analysis Report

This document evaluates and maps the current and future regulatory framework in the EU, Member States and in third countries affecting textile waste, digitalisation, and sustainability. The Regulatory Landscape Analyse (RLA) looks into how the regulations, initiatives and strategies enable or hinder the circularity strategies. It also contains a draft list of potential SoC under ESPR regulation.

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

TRUSTex's Draft deliverable on Material flow and circular model analysis

The deliverable provides a structured analysis of the textile value chain and identifies key barriers and improvement pathways toward circularity. The objective is to establish a shared analytical framework for the TRUSTex project, enabling a systemic understanding of material flows, value retention opportunities and structural bottlenecks across the sector.

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Enzymatic hydrolysis: demonstrating mixed textile-waste recycling at pilot scale

PDF training material from the PLASTICE project demonstrating the scale-up of the enzymatic hydrolysis process for mixed cotton/polyester textile waste, from lab to pilot scale. It covers the full demonstration chain: textile sorting, shredding and alkaline pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, polyester recovery, and yarn/fabric production to close the fibre-to-fibre recycling loop.

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Understanding Industry and Education Needs in Sustainable Textiles and Fashion

IMASUS conducted two international surveys and a follow-up analysis to better understand the current needs, gaps, and opportunities in sustainable and innovative textile materials.
The goal was simple: to listen to the people shaping the future of textiles with researchers, educators, designers, entrepreneurs, and creative hubs involved and using their input to guide the development of the IMASUS open knowledge platform.

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CEMTex’s Green Procurement: Medical Textiles and Sterilization Thematic Seminar

On 15 January 2026, a thematic online seminar on Green Procurement – medical textiles and sterilization brought together professionals and experts to explore how sustainability and circularity can be effectively integrated into public procurement practices. Organised within the InterregEurope CEMTex framework, the webinar focused on practical approaches and real-world insights from the field of circular and medical textiles.

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TRUSTEX’s Draft Report on EPR scheme analysis

This draft report provides an analysis of textile EPR systems across eleven countries,offering a comparison of regulatory approaches, implementation challenges, and emerging best practices. If you have any comments or feedback regarding this report, please don't hesitate to reach out to the TRUSTex project coordinator Ghaya Rziga from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology.

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TRUSTex's Draft Deliverable Literature Review on Socio-Economic Impacts

This consolidated deliverable brings together six literature reviews—three grey literature reviews and three systematic literature reviews. The evidence examines the socioeconomic impacts and third-country externalities associated with global textile circularity systems, with a focus on African textile reuse flows, post-consumer circularity in the EU, and sustainability transitions within global value chains.

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Publishable report on the solutions and demo development (D5.6)

PDF deliverable from the PLASTICE project (WP5) reporting on the chemical recycling of cotton/polyester textiles via enzymatic hydrolysis. It covers NIR-based sorting of textile waste, lab-scale optimisation of the enzymatic process, the pilot-scale demo, and the spinning and knitting of recovered polyester into new fabrics, closing the fibre-to-fibre recycling loop.

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RegioGreenTex: Textile Circularity Guide – for a circular textile future

As part of the RegioGreenTex project, the Textile Circularity Guide outlines how textile waste can be turned into resources through circular business models, digital tools, and collaboration. It provides practical strategies, business development tools, digital solutions, and showcases successful European collaborations.

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