Descripción del proyecto
Un sistema circular para reciclar los residuos textiles domésticos de Europa
De los materiales utilizados para producir ropa, menos del 1 % se recicla para producir ropa nueva. A partir de enero de 2025, una directiva exige que los 27 Estados miembros apliquen un sistema de recogida selectiva de residuos textiles domésticos y cumplan con los crecientes objetivos mínimos de reciclaje. La legislación no es suficiente para abordar el problema. La creación de un sistema circular para los residuos textiles posconsumo se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos, entre otros la falta de normas a escala europea para recoger y clasificar los residuos textiles en todos los países, las declaraciones de composición inexactas, la calidad variable del material y la falta de datos fiables entre las partes interesadas de la cadena de valor. El objetivo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos T-REX es mostrar la forma en que los residuos textiles domésticos pueden convertirse en una nueva materia prima y en un modelo comercial para la industria textil al involucrar a agentes clave de toda la cadena de valor.
Objetivo
The global consumption of textiles is increasing, with global production of the two most relevant fibres, cotton and polyester, expected to grow by 40% before 2023. There is also no EU-wide plan on how to deal with the existing and anticipated textile waste: currently less than 1% of the material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing in a closed-loop process while 87% is landfilled or incinerated. By January 2025 new EU Directive 2018/851 will require all member states to establish a separate household textile waste collection and respect increasing minimum recycling goals, but the pure legislative approach cannot alone solve the growing textile waste problem. Based on estimates from experts, we see that 1% of textile waste entering closed loops leads to 100B euros market loss each year. If a 30% recycling rate is reached (similar to average plastic packaging recycling rates), we will be able to valorize a 30 billion euros/year market.
The ambition of T-REX is to contribute to a paradigm shift from household textile waste into desired feedstock. Moreover, we aim to demonstrate that this new commodity and the business models based on it can be completely implemented within the EU. By involving major players across the whole value chain, we aim to demonstrate that a new ecosystem approach, with harmonized methods and quality criteria, can lead to a better understanding of our current textile waste and therefore better upcycling rates into new garments. We also intend to demonstrate that such products can appeal to consumers while at the same time be designed for further recycling. Our goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% across the complete value chain by 2030 by helping to end plastic waste.
This project will arm the EU with a commercially viable option to tackle the textile waste and the environmental problems it causes, whilst offering new fields to explore for EU businesses, new know-how for our citizens and, new workforces for the future.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
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