Circular Textiles: Weaving Innovation into the Future

Join us for the first webinar and discover how cutting-edge technologies are revolutionizing the textile industry to become more circular.
About this Event

Join us for the first webinar in our "Tech and Spaces for Circular Economy" series, where we uncover how cutting-edge technologies are revolutionizing the textile industry to become more circular.

Why does this matter?

Every year, the EU produces 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste - equivalent to 12 kilograms of waste per person. Only clothing and footwear alone accounts for 5.2 million tons of waste. Currently, only 22% of post-consumer textile waste is collected separately for re-use or recycling, while the remainder is often incinerated or landfilled. This unsustainable trajectory demands urgent action.

The big question: Can today’s technologies overcome these challenges and unlock a circular textile value chain?

This webinar will delve into two crucial aspects of the circular textile value chain:

Circular Design for Fashion: Discover how innovative materials and technologies are enabling the design of clothes that are easier to recycle and reuse.

End-of-Life Solutions for textile waste: Learn how new technologies are transforming textile waste into valuable resources.

We'll be joined by leading experts: tba

Moderators

Remi Laoubi, Electronics lead at Circular Berlin

Rawad Chammas, Technology Transfer Officer at Wista Management GmbH

Agenda

14.00 -14.10 Welcome words

14.10 -14.20 What are the Circular Textile Challenges?

14.20 -14.40 What are the Technologies addressing the challenges?

14.40 -15.15 Panel exchange

15.15 -15.30 Closing

About the Project ‘Tech and Spaces for Circular Economy’

This webinar is organised as part of the ‘Tech and Spaces for Circular Economy’ project, led by Creative Climate Cities, Circular Berlin, and WISTA Management GmbH, addresses the challenges of implementing circular strategies. The project explores how innovations in optics, photonics, and materials sciences and spatial concepts can enhance and scale circular practices across industries.

Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises part of the Master Plan Industrial City Berlin 2022 - 2026 (MPI), this initiative aims to drive resource-efficient production and manufacturing.

For more information on project goals, partners, and timeline, please visit our project webpage.