Today, 43 partners of the RegioGreenTex project met in Brussels to kick start a three year project that should change the way we manage textile recycling.

With 17 R&I EU-funded member projects focusing on textile sustainability, ECOSYSTEX– European Community of Practice for a Sustainable Textile Ecosystem has been formally launched in early 2023, with a mission to accelerate collaboration in the textile sustainability and circularity field.

On 14 February, Textile ETP attended a policy roundtable on the collection and sorting of post-consumer textiles

On 8 and 9 February, Textile ETP and the other RESERVIST partners gathered for the penultimate General Assembly of the project in Gijon, Spain.

On 23 and 24 November 2022, Textile ETP attended the first in-person General Assembly of the IRISS project in Stockholm, Sweden.

Launched recently, the new project Circular Economy Innovative Initiative for an Entrepreneurial Europe (CITE) aims to create a new dynamic and agile ecosystem in and between higher education institutions that will boost textile circularity and circular economy in innovation and entrepreneurial courses.

On 26 and 27 October, Textile ETP and the other RESERVIST partners gathered for the General Assembly of the project in Liege, Belgium.

As part of the RESERVIST project, the Textile ETP organised a webinar in September 2022, gathering affected key stakeholders from the textile sector to share and discuss their experiences, challenges and insights. The webinar was attended by several textile SMEs, research and technology institutions and clusters, representing 12 European countries.

On 29 and 30 September, the Textile ETP attended the CITE kick off meeting. This project is funded under the EIT Manufacturing's initiative to boost circular economy innovations in textiles in entrepreneurship university programmes.

This week, the CISUTAC consortium met in-person in Ghent, Belgium, for the kick-off meeting of the project. An opportunity to discuss the different aspects of CISUTAC.

Launched today, the new Horizon Europe project CISUTAC will support the transition to a circular and sustainable textile sector. As part of a consortium of 27 partners working on the project, Textile ETP will be responsible for the Textile Circularity Multiplier Initiative and leading the dissemination & communications activities.

The Textile ETP is now on board a brand new European project, IRISS, which aims to connect, synergize and transform the Safe and Sustainable by Design materials community in the EU and beyond, shifting towards a holistic integration of safety, climate neutrality, circularity and functionality of materials, products and processes.