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IS A RECYCLED CONTENT TARGET OF 15% WITHIN REACH FOR EUROPE?

RECYCLED CONTENT TARGETS STUDY

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SMALL CHANGE, BIG IMPACT.

TEXTILE RECYCLING, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

A comparative Life Cycle Assessment of disassembly & recycling methods in closed-loop denim production

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Is a recycled content target of 15% within reach for Europe?

 

On June 17, EU environment ministers adopted the Council’s General Approach on the Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

Resortecs' new study on recycling content targets highlights the following points:

  1. Resortecs welcomes the council's decision and embraces the need for separate textile waste collection to valorise this material. 

  2. The assumptions considered in Resortecs' study were built on the WFD efforts to increase textile waste collection targets. 

  3. The EU is capable of setting ambitious recycled content targets in the ESPR, leveraging current waste management practices to enhance textile-to-textile recycling. 

  4. Ecodesigned garments with recyclability in mind could reach 43% recycled content if we adopt design for disassembly practices in the coming decade. 

Delve into Resortecs' comprehensive study to discover whether a 15% recycled content target is within reach.

About the authors

Rawaa Ammar

Rawaa is Resortecs’ Chief Sustainability & Impact Officer since 2019. She holds a Ph.D in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.

Cédric Vanhoeck

Cédric is Resortecs’ co-founder and CEO. He holds an Industrial Design Engineering degree from TU Delft and a Brand Management Master’s degree from the Domus Academy Milan.