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Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
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Waste2Fashion: What can light tell us about an old garment?
Waste2Fashion is exploring how near-infrared light can help sorting teams distinguish textiles that look alike. Clearer information about their materials could support more precise classification and help identify suitable recycling routes and potential uses for recovered textiles.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion Connects Recovered Textiles with New Circular Business Opportunities
Waste2Fashion is laying the groundwork to keep recovered textiles in circulation, connecting collection, sorting and recycling with emerging opportunities for designers, entrepreneurs and local circular businesses.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion Turns Circular Textile Solutions into Reality Across the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion is turning circular textile solutions into practice across five Mediterranean territories, testing locally adapted ways to improve the collection, sorting, reuse, recycling and upcycling of post-consumer textiles.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion Goes Beyond Recycling: Why Preventing Textile Waste Matters
Recycling alone cannot solve fashion’s waste problem. Waste2Fashion connects smarter design, advanced sorting and circular entrepreneurship across the Mediterranean, preventing textile waste before it starts and turning recovered materials into new economic opportunities for local communities.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion creates opportunities across the textile value chain
When post-consumer textiles remain in circulation, their value can extend far beyond the materials themselves. Waste2Fashion is working across the textile value chain to create opportunities for citizens, collection and sorting operators, designers, businesses, researchers and public authorities, building a circular ecosystem where environmental, social and economic value can grow together.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion is building circular textile value chains across the Mediterranean
Across the Mediterranean, different national realities require different approaches to tackling post-consumer textile waste. Waste2Fashion brings together complementary expertise from across the region to develop locally adapted solutions, strengthen circular textile value chains and turn a shared challenge into shared opportunity.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion partners advance pilot implementation during the 2nd Steering Committee in Brussels
Following the Textiles Recycling Expo celebrated in Brussels (24-25 June), project partners reviewed the technical blueprints for the national pilots, explored innovative recycling technologies and coordinated the next steps towards circular textile systems in the Mediterranean.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion releases its official project video: transforming textile waste into sustainable fashion in the Mediterranean
The Waste2Fashion project proudly unveils its official video, presenting its approach to reducing textile waste and promoting circular economy solutions across the Mediterranean region.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean
Waste2Fashion - Driving Circular Innovation: Living Lab on Post-Consumer Textiles in Tunisia
A Living Lab on circular textiles held in April 2026 brought together key stakeholders in Tunisia to co-create practical solutions for managing post-consumer textile waste.
Developing a pilot circular system for post-consumer textile waste in the Mediterranean