Centexbel organised the third International Conference on Circular Economy for Textiles and Plastics on the 17 & 18 November 2022 in Ghent, Belgium. The conference presented a variety of new technologies, business models and approaches to measuring circularity. One thing that was common to all was the clear message that the textile industry, with a
End of March, the ‘EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles’ was published. It guides the transition of the textiles sector to its overall goal: By 2030 textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived and recyclable, to a great extent made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances and produced in
DECOAT is delighted to be able to share the final study on the technical, regulatory, economic, and environmental effectiveness of textile fibres recycling. The DECOAT project has participated in studying innovative technologies for the removal of coatings and laminated layers. In this report are addressed two main innovations that have shown very promising
