
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.