Projects in textiles

Increase the proportion of secondary raw materials and reuse of textiles at a time when global resources are becoming increasingly limited and both consumers and authorities are placing higher demands on reducing the environmental impact of textile production.

Textile manufacuring is responsible for considerable carbon dioxide emissions and two thirds of the textile fibre feedstock is still fossil-based. The KELPTEX project aims to develop biobased textile fibres from seaweed, emphasising resource- and energy-efficiency at the various stages of the production.

Textile manufacuring is a particularily unsustainable industry, both with respect to the fibre feedstock and the dyeing process. The ALLGAE project aims to develop 100% algae-based sustainable textile fibres from seaweed side streams.

Reducing the environmental impacts of textile production requires prolonging the useful life of clothes. Repairing and mending clothes used to be common societal practices, now wiped out to a great extent by mass production. The project examines whether and the conditions under which consumers are willing to repair clothes.

The textile value chain involves a diverse range of materials, end users, and complex applications. Although there is a shift towards greater sustainability, progress is slow and requires more innovative technologies to address issues like low recycling rates, substitution of hazardous substances, and chemical pollutants.

The textile industry is one of the most resource-intensive sectors in the world; every year 116 million tons of textiles are produced globally and large amounts end up as waste. This project will deep dive into an efficient classification system of textiles, that can enable the reuse and recycling of materials.

Unlocking the potential of a new generation of biobased and hybrid fabrics for sustainable e-textile.

The development of high tech and high value applications for bioplastics may be one key to accelerate growth of the bioplastics sector. This project was a prestudy towards one such application: biobased piezoelectric fibres (piezofibres) for use in technical textiles.

This project aims to develop scalable extraction procedures for biomolecules from discarded side-streams originating from mycoprotein food production. Different underutilised compounds produced through fungal fermentation are targeted and will once purified be exploited in formulated biobased additives for textile functionalisation.

The consumption of textiles worldwide is extensive and continues to grow with increasing population, urbanization, and economic growth. The textile industry encompasses the manufacturing of clothing, household textiles, technical textiles, and much more, making it one of the largest industrial sectors globally.

The accumulation of textile waste is a global challenge that requires efficient recycling solutions, as it is estimated that less than 1% of textile waste is currently being recycled as a secondary textile raw material. tExtended aims to introduce an innovative approach to the cycling of discarded textiles. 

In the framework of the European Green Deal, RegioGreenTex is a project promoting the collaboration in research and development for the textile industry to establish a systematic circular economy business model across the EU.

Increased resource efficiency for a sustainable industry through classification of recycled textile materials and assessment of recyclability and circularity for increased implementation of secondary raw materials in textile value chains.

Increasing Circularity and Sustainability for Textiles and Clothing in Europe!

The textile industry faces major challenges to reduce its climate impact. This feasibility study addresses how digitization can help increase the amount of clothing that is reused while providing social benefits through the activities of voluntary organizations.

Textile production of today almost exclusively uses virgin raw materials. A lot of the textiles, especially clothing, are only used for a short period of time whereafter they become waste. This project aims to close the loop, by developing new methods to use wool-based textile waste as raw material for new textile fibres.