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Increasing textile-to-textile recycling rates in the EU to 10% could achieve carbon savings of 440,000 tonnes per year, and conserve 8.8 billion cubic metres of water \u2013 making a case for a renewed focus on policies to tackle textile waste.<\/p>\n

Despite concerns over the poor sustainability of \u2018fast fashion\u2019, recycling rates for textiles are low. The process often involves \u2018down-cycling\u2019 textiles into low-grade products such as insulation. However, current levels of textile-to-textile recycling, whereby discarded textiles are shredded and granulated to be used as the basis for new fabrics, are only around 1% globally[1].<\/p>\n

As fibre-to-fibre recycling technology is developed and scaled up, the rate could reach 26% by 2030[2]. Meanwhile, the\u00a0EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles\u00a0has an objective see all textile products on the EU market being durable, repairable and recyclable by 2030.<\/p>\n

Researchers from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute investigated some potential outcomes of increasing recycling levels to 10% by 2035. This would be a conservative projection, but it is ambitious compared to where things stand currently. Their work addressed a scarcity of research on the environmental impacts of implementing textile-to-textile recycling at scale in the EU, which the team felt would be needed to direct resources effectively in addressing the textile waste problem.<\/p>\n

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Find the article and the full study here: https:\/\/environment.ec.europa.eu\/news\/study-highlights-positive-environmental-impacts-increasing-textile-textile-recycling-rates-eu-2025-06-18_en<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\n

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