Major circular trends and business opportunities

In the previous section, we detailed some of the major sources of impact of the textile industry. We will now review some orientation to change current models and move forward more sustainable industrial practices.

Some of the key actions that can be undertaken are:

• Phase out substances of concern such as hazardous raw materials and substances responsible from plastic microfiber release. Here, an important work should be made in R&D to create safe materials cycles and eliminate the emission of plastic microfibre.
• Transform the way in which clothes are designed, sold and used, in a way that break with the current trend of rapid obsolescence of clothes, promoting the slow fashion.
• Improve the recycling by design transformation, collection models and reprocessing.
• Work on waste management, starting with a radical reduction of waste generation and the correct application of the hierarchy of waste according to circular butterfly diagram.
• Make an efficient use of resources and make use of renewable textiles (no synthetics)
• Improve the traceability and transparency all along the supply chain

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