The CISUTAC consortium partners will develop three pilots to demonstrate the feasibility and value of: (i) repair and disassembly; (ii) sorting for reuse and recycling; (iii) circular garments through fibre-to-fibre recycling and design for circularity. To realise these pilots, CISUTAC will develop semi-automated workstations, analyse infrastructure and material flow, digitally enhance sorting operations and setup interventions with consumers. CISUTAC will also evaluate the potential for replication for local shops and companies. After the piloting phase, attention will be on the uptake of the results, by the sector, by the wider stakeholder group as well by the consumers.

With (worldwide) leading brands and companies, CSOs, RTOs and EU associations, CISUTAC is EU-wide and covers the full novel circular value chain. Through the consortium, and further supported by the Transition Support Group with zz members, CISUTAC is strongly linked to ongoing initiatives allowing synergies and joint activities. This is essential for implementation, but also for leveraging the impact and enabling the shift towards a sustainable EU textiles and clothing, underpinned by circular material flows and supported by the wider stakeholders.

The project will bring significant impact of scale via its innovations on repair, dismantling, sorting and fibre-to-fibre recycling. Realising this impact will lead to a reduction of ca. 975 kt CO2eq yearly and to new business activities and markets that together have a value of ca. € 250 million and lead to ca. 1 300 FTE.

The project will involve the consumers in behaviour studies in cooperation with partners’ shops to help design different business models with a focus on reuse and repair, and guidelines for local applications of circularity.

Overall, CISUTAC aims to encourage circular behaviour of textiles among all actors in the sector. The project is relevant for cities and regions working on a Circular Systemic Solution related to textiles due to its systemic approach, focus on several types of materials and sub-sectors, involvement of actors across the value chain, and demonstration of technical and socio-economic impacts to prove value.

Programme:

• HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Topic:

• HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-04 - Increasing the circularity in textiles, plastics and/or electronics value chains

Centre scientifique & technique del'industrie textile belge ASBL
Contact the project

• Rise Research Institutes of Sweden AB
• Aimplas - Asociacion de Investigacion de Materiales Plasticos y Conexas
• Stichting Wageningen Research
• Wargon Innovation AB
• Inlecom Commercial Pathways Company Limited By Guarantee
• Texaid Beteiligungsverwaltung Deutschland GmbH
• De Kringwinkel Antwerpen
• Erema Group GmbH
• Sodra Skogsagarna Ekonomisk Forening
• Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft
• Circular Systems BV
• Confederacion de la Industria Textil Asociacion
• Decathlon Produzione Italia SRL
• Sioen NV
• Global Textile Scheme GmbH
• PCH Innovations GmbH
• Stam SRL
• Oxfam Republic of Ireland
• European Apparel and Textile Confederation AISBL
• Plate-forme technologique europeenne pour le future du textile et de l'habillement
• Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management
• Re-Use and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises VZW