Herausgeber*in: The Swedisch School of Textiles, Science Park Boras, re:textile

Autor*in: Jonas Larsson, Ann Vellesalu, Rudrajeet Pal, Adrian Zethraeus, Jan Carlsson

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Circular Economy, Europa, Innovation, Lebenszyklus, leihen, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Marktentwicklung, Nachhaltigkeit, Upcycling, Recycling, Secondhand, Strategien

Kurzbeschreibung:

Servitization is a growing phenomenon to improve resource efficiency, leading to positive effects for the environmental and for society. It stands for the innovation of an organization’s capabilities and processes to create mutual value through a shift from selling products to selling product service systems. In this context, product-service systems are one of the most effective instruments to attain a resource-efficient circular economy. It combines design principles, technology considerations, and marketing strategies into a business model for extending the useful life of a garment. In particular, the economic implications and feasibility will be assessed for such a business model, taking into account crucial factors, such as logistics flow, quality factors, key performance indicators (societal, environmental, economic), life-cycle discussions and the required competence-building.

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. Core elements for decision-making and the economic implications and feasibility of extending the useful life of a garment through servitization are identified here.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 65 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: The Swedisch School of Textiles, Science Park Boras, re:textile

Autor*in: Jan Carlsson, Alison Gwilt, Jonas Larsson , Heikki Mattila, Rudrajeet Pal, Håkan Torstensson. Anna Lidström

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Design, Europa, Lebenszyklus, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Marktentwicklung, Nachhaltigkeit, Upcycling, Secondhand, Sortieren, Designstrategien

Kurzbeschreibung:

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.

In the second report, the feasibility of conditional design is assessed. Conditional design is a concept that involves defining systematically the design elements that are relevant to apply in the design process for both longevity and recyclability. The report on conditional design focuses on the feasibility of service innovation, while intending to answer the following issues, having also in mind to maintain or increase the attractiveness of the products:

1) Can the design/construction phase decisively influence the characteristics of the product, so that the prerequisites for circular, sustainable flows will be significantly improved?

2) Which are then the key critical factors?

3) What is the future for different scenarios?

4) What is in that case a feasible way out for the concrete implementation of a strategy that positively affects the entire textile value chain?

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 82 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: The Swedisch School of Textiles, Science Park Boras, re:textile

Autor*in: Jan Carlsson, Håkan Torstensson Rudrajeet Pal Manoj K. Paras

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Europa, Lebenszyklus, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Marktentwicklung, Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling, Secondhand, Sortieren, Strategien

Kurzbeschreibung:

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.

In the first report, the feasibility of collection and sorting of used textiles is assessed. The assessment was based on a model for the different flow directions in collection and sorting – collection by charity organizations, stores, municipalities etc. or directly from users, and sorting into export channels, second-hand stores, recycling and redesign facilities or even destruction by incineration. It was evident that realistic conditions, at that time (2015) at least, did not permit a profitable, fully commercial sorting facility. There was a need for further value-adding features, which must be developed in order to ensure the feasibility of such a centralized facility.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 36 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: WRAP

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Europa, Lebenszyklus, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Konsum, Marktentwicklung, Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling, Secondhand, Strategien

Kurzbeschreibung:

WRAP market situation reports provide in-depth information on the latest economic trends and developments affecting the capture, re-use, and recycling of key recovered materials.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 28 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Schüler*innen Sek I und II, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: Eunomia Research & Consulting

Autor*in: Lucie Long, Kayleigh Lee-Simion

Schlagwörter: Bekleidungsindustrie, Circular Economy, EU, Lebenszyklus, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Nachhaltigkeit, Strategien

Kurzbeschreibung:

This study conducts the role of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and supporting policy measures in driving a circular economy for textiles in Europe.

Given the EU’s commitment to a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (relative to 1990) by 2030, the long-term vision of a climate-neutral EU by 2050, and the significant greenhouse gas impacts of EU textile consumption, the forthcoming Textiles Strategy will need to be ambitious.

EPR should be a core component of the Textiles Strategy, as it will be an essential element in the move towards a European Circular Economy for textiles. It is a key mechanism by which the polluter pays principle, enshrined in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), can be operationalised. Through EPR, end-of-life costs will be borne by producers, rather than, as is typically the case, by municipalities, and by extension, citizens.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2022

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 77 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Autor*in: T. Duhoux, E. Maes, M. Hirschnitz-Garbers

Schlagwörter: Circular Economy, Europa, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Life Cycle, Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling, Textilien, Ökobilanz, Studie, Umweltbelastung

Kurzbeschreibung:

The findings of this study can be used as evidence base to improve the knowledge of the effectiveness of recycling capabilities of textile waste. This study wants to substantiate the understanding of the existing technologies industrially applied or at research stage, which relate to all the different types of recycling (e.g. mechanical recycling, chemical monomer recycling, chemical polymer recycling, etc.). It also provides an analysis of the economic and environmental effectiveness of those recycling technologies and a roadmap of the textile recycling technologies under development in order to support their industrial uptake.

Finally, it also provides an analysis on relevant policy initiatives in order to tackle potential regulatory barriers and scale up textile waste recycling activities in the EU.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021

Sprache: Englisch, teils Französisch

Umfang: 205 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende, Beschaffer*innen

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Herausgeber*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

Schlagwörter: Circular Economy, Designstrategien, Europa, Konsum, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Nachhaltigkeit, Umweltbelastung

Kurzbeschreibung:

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.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2022

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 86 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende, Beschaffer*innen

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Herausgeber*in: European Environment Agency - European Topic Centre Circular Economy and Resource Use

Autor*in: Saskia Manshoven, Anse Smeets, Christian Malarciuc, Anna Tenhunen, Lars Fogh Mortensen

Schlagwörter: Bekleidungsindustrie, Europa, Kunstfasern, Lieferkette, Mikroplastik, Textilindustrie, Umweltverschmutzung, Waschen

Kurzbeschreibung:

Textiles and plastics are two of the key product value chains that are considered a priority in the EU Circular Economy Action Plan (EC, 2020a). As a result, the EEA has devoted specific attention to textiles and plastics in the circular economy, building the knowledge base on the textiles and plastics systems, their environmental and social impacts, and potential pathways to more sustainable and circular systems.

The briefing Textiles in Europe’s Circular Economy (EEA, 2019) and its underpinning ETC report Textiles and the environment in a circular economy (ETC/WMGE, 2019) highlighted the sector’s significant environmental impacts, ranking textiles as the fourth most significant in the use of primary raw materials and water – after food, housing and transport, and fifth for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The study also highlighted that synthetic fibres have overtaken cotton in the production of clothing, household textiles and technical textiles.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2022

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 61 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: AUTEX Research Journal

Autor*in: Adam Sadowski, Bogusława Dobrowolska, Beata Skowron-Grabowska, Andrzej Bujak

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Bekleidungsindustrie, Einzelhandel, Europa, Lieferkette, Marktdaten, Nearshoring, Polen, Textilindustrie

Kurzbeschreibung:

The article presents changes that took place in the textile and apparel (T&A) industry in Poland in the years 2004–2020. To describe the changes, we adopted the supply chain management perspective, which allowed for a global view of the changes taking place. We discuss the basic characteristics, such as the size and structure of the industry, innovation, production value, and the use of information and communications technology (ICT). In the research, we used the databases of the Central Statistical Office (GUS) on the sold production of the T&A industry, as well as imports and exports. Our research shows that, at the level of basic characteristics, the industry is close

to the European model. However, it is characterized by a smaller share of small companies in the structure of enterprises. The research showed an upward trend in the production of sold textiles and, to a lesser extent, apparel. At the same time, the operation of the Polish T&A industry is influenced by the import of finished products and raw materials from China, Germany, Bangladesh, and Turkey. The export is directed to the German, Czech, Romanian, and Ukrainian markets. The article provides an overview of the development trends in the Polish T&A industry in the broad context of international conditions.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 10 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber_in: Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)

Autor_innen: Artemisa Ljarja, Dr. Bettina Musiolek

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Bekleidungsindustrie, Europa, Existenzsichernder Lohn, Lieferkette, Menschenrechte, Mindestlohn, Rumänien, Transparenz, Unternehmensverantwortung

Kurzbeschreibung:

Die Clean Clothes Campaign hat gemeinsam mit Textilarbeiter*innen vor Ort einen einheitlichen existenzsichernden Lohn für europäische Billiglohnländer errechnet. Die Lücke zwischen den gezahlten und existenzsichernden Löhnen ist in Ländern wie Rumänien und der Ukraine noch immer enorm. Durch den Richtwert haben Modeunternehmen nun eine Orientierung, welche Löhne sie in Kalkulationen mit ihren Zulieferfirmen berücksichtigen müssen. Zudem soll der Richtwert auch als Leitlinie für das EU-Parlament gelten.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2020

Umfang: 28 Seiten

Sprache: Deutsch

Zielgruppe: Student_innen, Erwachsene, Schüler_innen Sek. I/II, Berufsschule

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