Publications

Discover the publications from the ECOSYSTEX community and its members.
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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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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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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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All, Circular economy & textile recycling Textile ETP All, Circular economy & textile recycling Textile ETP

CISUTAC’s comprehensive overview of circular textile business models

The report analyses existing textile repair, reuse and recycling systems in the EU and the trends that influence their operation. Based on these findings, the research explores the reasons behind the difficulties observed and proposes solutions to overcome them. The report’s ultimate objective, aligned with the CISUTAC project’s goal, is to understand how to create an integrated circular textile value chain.

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

CISUTAC’s unlocking opportunities for circular business models in textiles: phasing out linearity

The aim of this report is to provide a comprehensive overview of circular textile business models. To this end, the report analyses existing textile repair, reuse and recycling systems in the EU and the trends that influence their operation. Based on these findings, the research explores the reasons behind the difficulties observed and proposes solutions to overcome them.

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Colour4CRAFTS digital exhibition and virtual tour – “Seasons of Colours” (2024)

Output related to milestone (M14), public exhibitions, for EU funded project, Colour4CRAFTS (no. 101094809). The digital exhibition and virtual tour consist of content and objects displayed at the physical “Seasons of Colours” exhibition held from 10 June to 18 August 2024 at the Arktikum in Rovaniemi, Finland. The exhibition had over 6000 visitors. The digital exhibition and virtual tour can be viewed via the link provided.

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

Redesigning Value Chains with tExtended

This report designs a future textile ecosystem starting by understating the current textile value chains and their challenges. Through the implementation of circular economy principles, knows as R-strategies, the report redesign them to enable sustainable production, use and reuse of textiles, as well as sustainable end of life options and recycling.

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