Advancing Sustainable Textiles in the Circular Economy through Innovative EPR Schemes

Project Information

TRUSTEX

Grant agreement ID: 101181901

DOI

10.3030/101181901

EC signature date 15 October 2024

Start date 1 January 2025

End date 31 December 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 7 614 617,25

EU contribution

€ 6 999 316,13

Coordinated by

LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Luxembourg

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (12)

Optimised collection strategies

D3.2 will assess different collection options for reuse and end-of-life treatment and will propose optimized approaches for the collection of textile waste, considering factors such as yield, applicability to different contexts, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impact, impact of the increasing volume and the expected quality of the collected textiles.

Intermediate Cooperation Strategy

D6.3 will provide a preliminary cooperation strategy, detailing the anticipated benefits and outcomes of collaboration with related innovation clusters.

Environmental impacts

D1.4 will provide a comprehensive understanding of the environmental impacts and main hotspots in the textile sector, focusing on GHG emissions from fabrics, materials, production processes, and waste management strategies, as well as on the quantification of other environmental dimensions and pollution divers, including microplastics release and the use of substances of concern (i.e., PFAS, dyes, etc.).

Literature review socio-economic impact

D1.6 will provide the results of the systematic literature review to create an initial conceptual framework on supply chain circularity transitions and EPR schemes’ structure, implementation, and impacts.

Capacity Building Programme outline

D6.6 will describe the outline of the of the (e-)training programs.

DPP infrastructure description

D2.2 will describe a robust DPP infrastructure leveraging blockchain technology for secure data management and traceability and providing the basis for the implementation in T2.6.

Digital Product Passport governance

D2.1 will define requirements for the overarching rules and mechanisms for the contributions of the various actors to the DPP (e.g. access rights, contractual obligations, etc.) steering the technical developments in WP2.

Market and consumer trends

D1.5 will summarize the external environment and respective market drivers (market size, economic, legal, and institutional conditions, consumer behaviour, reuse practices, etc.) within each country and on a broader European basis.

Regulatory landscape analysis

D1.2 will provide an overview of the current and future regulatory framework in the EU, Member States and in third countries affecting textile waste, digitalisation, and sustainability.

Dissemination & Communication initial plan

D6.1 will outline the dissemination and communication strategy and report on the initial implementation.

EPR reporting requirements

D4.5 will provide an analysis of reporting requirements to authorities in the EPR schemes and how they can be facilitated in a tool.

Overview of textile eco-design strategies

D3.1 will encapsulate the eco-design strategies, informed by continuous end-user feedback and encompassing the entire value chain from fibre selection through fabric production and garment design, and making sure to align with EU regulations such as ESPR criteria.

Data Management Plan (2)

Intermediate data management plan

Intermediate DMP including a description of the methodology and standards to be followed, what data sets are exploitable or made accessible for verification and re-use, etc.

Initial data management plan

Initial DMP including a description of the methodology and standards to be followed, what data sets are exploitable or made accessible for verification and re-use, etc.

Publications

Other (15)

Regulatory Landscape

Author(s): Führ, Pauline; Führ, Martin; Krause, Nico; Breiner, Paul; Kleihauer, Silke
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18860826

Environmental Impacts

Author(s): Zinck, Sébastien; Roderich, Marie-Sophie; Braña, Álvaro Fernández; Bernardez, Carlos; Colignon, Philippe
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18860803

Market and Consumer Trends

Author(s): Bazdani, S., Charalampogianis, N., Kotarela, P., & Tsantakis, M.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.2121007

Literature on Socio Economic Impacts

Author(s): Pereira Silva, Mariana; Madonna, Alice; Kamakela, Jonas
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18860843

Cooperation Strategy Intermediate Report

Author(s): Amaral, M.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21726599

Material Flow and Circular Models Analysis

Author(s): LAURENT, Thomas; KHAMPHOUI, Elodie; LOPEZ, Vanesa; Amaral, Milena; COLIGNON, Philippe; SAIDANI, Michael; RODRICH, Marie-Sophie
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18860780

D4.3: Policy brief on regulatory landscape, EPR policy and governance

Author(s): Führ, M. et al.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.22232050

Capacity Building Programme Outline

Author(s): Shojaee, N., & Bongard-Blanchy, K.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21724791

Insight Infographic

Author(s): Chiba, S., Horstmann, N., & Marcaret-Rappitsch, S.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21724719

Report on EPR Schemes Analysis

Author(s): RZIGA, Ghaya; STAIANO, Rosa; VERNI, Xavier-François; FUEHR, Martin; KREJCI, Jessica; KLEIHAUER, Silke
Published in: 2025
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18234920

Governance Aspects of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) in the Textile Sector

Author(s): Kleihauer, Silke; Führ, Martin; Blach, Rebecca; Führ, Pauline; Breiner, Paul
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18860685

DPP Infrastructure Description

Author(s): Ariza Molina, D.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21724311

Ecodesign Strategies

Author(s): Stubbe, B. et al.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21724523

EPR Reporting Requirements

Author(s): Verni, X.-F. et al.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21724607

Assessment of Separate Collection Strategies

Author(s): Ikka, L., & Kaipia, R.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: TRUSTex
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20396091

Conference proceedings (2)

Auditable end-of-life textile collection for extended producer responsibility

Author(s): Leinonen Ilkka, Kaipia Riikka
Published in: NOFOMA 2026 Book of abstracts, Issue -, 2026
Publisher: Nofoma 2026

“S” is for silenced: A systematic literature review on social sustainability transitions in supply chain management.

Author(s): Silva, Mariana Pereira; Alice Madonna, Jonas Kamakela, Adam Kiall Marsh, Hakan Karaosman, Colm McLaughlin, Donna Marshall.
Published in: 2026
Publisher: IPSERA

Thesis and dissertations (1)

DESIGNING EFFECTIVE TEXTILE WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR CIRCULARITY A Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Performance, Extended Pro- ducer Responsibility (EPR), and Digital Traceability

Author(s): Ilkka Leinonen
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Tampere University