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Online Module on Improved Collection and Recycling

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16 December 2025

Online Module on Improved Collection and Recycling

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Clothes laid out with the text “WATEX women textile – Improved collection and recycling".

This module covers textile collection, sorting, and recycling systems, exploring current practices, benefits, and challenges in achieving a circular economy. It equips learners with insights on how improved recycling reduces waste, conserves resources, and supports a sustainable textile industry.

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W4TEX Project Website
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W4TEX Project

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Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

EU-27

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Türkiye

Ukraine

Other

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Other

  • Transition Pathway's building blocks

    • Skills

    • Social dimension

    • Sustainable competitiveness

  • Industrial ecosystems

    • Retail

    • Textile

  • Textiles ecosystem areas

    • Fibres, yarns and fabrics

    • Apparel and clothing accessories

    • Household/interior textiles

    • Technical textiles

    • Leather and fur

    • Footwear

    • Research and Innovation

    • Technology and Machinery

    • Waste management, reuse and repair

    • Business support and Communication

    • Not area specific (interested in more than one of the above)

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This module introduces learners to textile collection, sorting, and recycling systems. It examines the current state of recycling practices, their advantages, limitations, and the challenges of creating a fully circular system.

The unit equips participants with knowledge about how improved collection and recycling can reduce waste, conserve resources, and support the transition to a more sustainable and circular textile industry.

Learn more at https://www.w4tex-project.eu/

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