Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain – A Global Roadmap UNEP has created a series of reports to support a transition towards a more sustainable and circular textile value chain. This current report builds on this work by presenting the roadmap needed to achieve sustainability and circularity in the textile value chain. Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Autor*in: Laila Petrie Medienart: Hintergrundinformation Erscheinungsjahr: 2023 Mehr Details
Feasibility of servitization: Transforming fashion value chains to circularity through service innovation Servitization is a growing phenomenon to improve resource efficiency, leading to positive effects for the environmental and for society. Product service systems are one of the most effective instruments to attain a resource-efficient circular economy.This report demonstrates an economic feasibility assessment, by examining two examples of servitization for circularity in the apparel and fashion industry, and outlining potential business models, along with prospects for future research. Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: The Swedisch School of Textiles, Science Park Boras, re:textile; Autor*in: Jonas Larsson, Ann Vellesalu, Rudrajeet Pal, Adrian Zethraeus, Jan Carlsson Medienart: Hintergrundinformation Erscheinungsjahr: 2019 Mehr Details
Feasibility of conditional design: Organizing a circular textile value chain by design principles In recent years the increased awareness of the need for conservation of resources and environmental sustainability has brought a focus on the potential for a circular economy in textiles and fashion. Commissioned by the Region of Västra Götaland, a number of investigations were carried out during 2015-2019, related to redesign, reuse and recycling of textile materials and products, at the Swedish School of Textiles and Science Park Borås. Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: The Swedisch School of Textiles, Science Park Boras, re:textile; Autor*innen: Jan Carlsson, Alison Gwilt, Jonas Larsson , Heikki Mattila, Rudrajeet Pal, Håkan Torstensson. Anna Lidström Medienart: Hintergrundinformation Erscheinungsjahr: 2019 Mehr Details
Planning a Swedish Collection and Sorting Plant for Used Textiles In recent years the increased awareness of the need for conservation of resources and environmental sustainability has brought a focus on the potential for a circular economy in textiles and fashion. Commissioned by the Region of Västra Götaland, a number of investigations were carried out during 2015-2019, related to redesign, reuse and recycling of textile materials and products, at the Swedish School of Textiles and Science Park Borås. The objectives of the reports, where feasibility is a keyword, is to develop structures for circular processes in the textile industry, in order to create new business opportunities and use less planetary resources. The focus is to design for longevity, through conditional design, redesign and remanufacturing and service innovation, and to ensure that the resulting circular processes are technically, organizationally, and economically feasible. Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: The Swedisch School of Textiles, Science Park Boras, re:textile; Autor*innen: Jan Carlsson, Håkan Torstensson Rudrajeet Pal Manoj K. Paras Medienart: Hintergrundinformation Erscheinungsjahr: 2019 Mehr Details
Textiles and the Environment: The role of design in Europe's circular economy From a European consumption perspective, textiles have on average the fourth highest negative life cycle impacts on the environment and climate change – after food, housing and mobility. A shift to a circular textiles production and consumption system with longer use, reuse and recycling can contribute to reducing those impacts, along with reductions in overall consumption. One important measure is circular design of textiles to improve product durability, repairability and recyclability, and to ensure the uptake of secondary raw materials in new products. The aim of this report is to contribute to the implementation of the EU Strategy for Textiles and the EU Sustainable Product Initiative through an improved understanding of the environmental impacts from textiles from a European perspective and identify design principles and measures to increase circularity in textiles. Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: European Topic Centre on Circular Economy and Resource Use; Autor*in: Valeria Botta, Antonios Konstantas, Giorgia Faraca, Wouter Dujardin, Maria Luisa Martinez Diez, Carsten Wachholz, Matteo Magnani, Luca Boniolo, Linda Hornakova, and Lea Kress Medienart: Hintergrundinformation Erscheinungsjahr: 2022 Mehr Details