EU-Funded Projects
The European Green Deal and the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan highlight textiles as one of the particularly important material streams with regard to circularity potential and environmental footprint.
Introduction
The European Commission also recognises the complexity of the textile value chain and that key technologies are challenged to scale successfully and deliver impact without an integrated approach.
Through collaborative projects funded by its key programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, the European Union stimulates the shift to circularity in textiles. Fashion for Good participates in projects funded by this programme. Explore the work of two multi-stakeholder projects, of which we are a partner.
Related Projects
T-REX Project
The T-REX Project brings together 13 major players from across the entire value chain to create a harmonised EU blueprint and business opportunities for closed loop sorting, and recycling of household textile waste. Transforming end-of-use textiles, from waste, into a desired feedstock, and a commodity for new business models that can be adopted at scale.
New Cotton Project
In a world first for the fashion industry, twelve pioneering players came together to break new ground by demonstrating a circular model for commercial garment production.
Relevant Resources
New Cotton Project Launches Exhibit at the Fashion for Good Museum
Fashion for Good Consortium Pilots Resource Efficient Cotton Farming
Going Beyond Cotton – New Project Harnesses Collaboration & Cutting-edge Technology to Create Circular Fashion
Event | Clothes Swap & Reflective Workshops with the T-REX Project
The Clothes Swap is back and for our last edition we are joining forces with the T-REX Project! Give your unworn items a new home and find your perfect outfit by swapping your pre-loved items as well as participating in exciting interactive fashion workshops on the 7th May at the Fashion for Good Museum.
Other Projects
Feedstock Assessment for Biosynthetic Innovation
Feedstock Assessment for Biosynthetic Innovation, an initiative in collaboration with Bestseller and On aimed at accelerating the industry’s shift towards alternatives to fossil-fuel polymers. The assessment will be conducted in partnership with industry experts, the Nova Institute.
Piloting a Circularity Solution in E-commerce
This project was led by Fashion for Good, together with Zalando and circular.fashion, a Fashion for Good alumni innovator. The objective was to test the circularity.ID, a traceability solution designed by circular.fashion to increase resale and recycling opportunities for clothing at scale.
Sorting for Circularity Rewear
Fashion for Good expanded its Sorting for Circularity framework to address the challenge of sorting for rewearable textiles to understand better their resale potential and the demand across the second-hand market. We launched an 18-month initiative in January 2024 in collaboration with Circle Economy, brand partners adidas, Inditex, Levi Strauss & Co. and Zalando to enhance the sorting of rewearable textiles using innovative AI technologies. The project seeks to improve garment recovery for resale, promoting circularity in the fashion industry.
