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EURATEX's ReHubs Europe targets 2.5 mn tons textile recycling by 2030

17 Jul '23

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EURATEX has launched ReHubs Europe, a non-profit for bolstering textile recycling across Europe.
ReHubs Europe plans to facilitate the recycling of 2.5 million tons of fibre-to-fibre textiles by 2030 and address the handling of the 7.5 million tons of textile waste generated yearly.
The association will assist in knowledge sharing and securing funds.

The European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX) has signed before the notary the act launching ReHubs Europe, a new international non-profit association that aims to make textile recycling in Europe a reality. ReHubs Europe will support its members in investing in textile recycling capacity with the ambition of achieving 2.5 million tons of fibre-to fibre textile recycling by 2030.

Sharing Brussels’ EURATEX offices, ReHubs Europe will assist its members in finding partners, knowledge, and funds, EURATEX said in a press release.

The endeavour will also support the societal challenge of meaningfully collecting, sorting, reusing, and recycling up to 7.5 million tons of textile waste generated every year, and which the new European Union (EU) waste directive is set to establish in the EU through mandatory collection and extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes.

Beyond its membership services, the association aims at spill over benefits with the wider industry and societal stakeholders by generating new knowledge on critical ad-hoc studies, and publishing an online dynamic European textile recycling Roadmap. This may guide companies and public authorities in Europe to monitor the progress of building the new recycling value chain and supporting growth of the whole sector.

Last year, the McKinsey company published a white paper titled ‘Scaling Textile Recycling in Europe—Turning Waste into Value’, proving the environmental benefits and the annual €4.5 billion business case of investing in textile recycling in Europe.

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