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The EU generates 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste per year. Clothing and footwear alone account for 5.2 million tonnes of waste, equivalent to 12 kg of waste per person each year. Currently, only 22% of post-consumer textile waste is collected separately for reuse or recycling, while the rest is often incinerated or landfilled. In this scenario, and given the urgent need to move towards a more sustainable and circular textile sector, entrepreneurship, innovation and technology play a leading role.

The textile sector is the second most polluting industry in the world and the EU has set out to reduce the environmental and climate change impacts of textiles. To do so, it is crucial to shift towards circular business models to save on raw materials, energy, water and land use, emissions and waste. Implementing and scaling up circular business models requires technical, social and business model innovation, as well as policy, consumer and educational enablers.

Not surprisingly, there are many European projects aimed at establishing sustainable practices in fashion and textiles.

CIRCULAB · AL-INVEST Verde

AL INVEST VERDE -CIRCULAB

Circulab is an AL-INVEST Verde project funded by the European Union that promotes innovation, sustainable practices and circular transition of SMEs in the fashion and textile sector, coordinated by Inexmoda and the Finnova Foundation.

Sustainable Fashion · AL-INVEST Verde

AL INVEST VERDE- MODA SOSTENIBLE

This project is designed with clear and ambitious goals to strengthen the fashion industry in Peru and Colombia. Through active collaboration between various entities, the aim is to positively transform the business landscape and adopt sustainable certifications.

ERASMUS+ · SEPIE

TEXTIL4ALL

Funded by the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE) through the ERASMUS+ programme. The initiative targets the textile sector to offer training and job opportunities to social sectors seeking employment, promoting a more sustainable and socially responsible textile industry.

CircularInnoBooster · COSME

CIRCOAX

An accelerator for SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in the fashion and textile sectors, through which 30 beneficiaries can receive mentoring, as well as technical and financial assistance to promote sustainability and circularity goals.