Driving Policy and Innovation for a Safe & Sustainable Textile Future

The textile value chain encompasses various materials, end-users, and applications. Despite a growing focus on sustainability, progress remains slow, necessitating innovative technologies to tackle challenges such as low recycling rates and chemical pollutants. With this in mind, the EU-funded BioSusTex project aims to pioneer key technologies to enhance the sustainability of the textile value chain. These efforts include optimising recycling of cellulosic fibres, developing sustainable pre-processing techniques, creating bio-based water-repellent coatings, and providing analytical methods and prediction tools for toxicity assessment. These initiatives are in line with the Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework, designed to promote sustainable innovation within the textile industry.

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About

The textile industry faces significant challenges with an urgent need for sustainable practices and solutions.

The EU-funded BioSusTex project aims to drive policy change and develop pioneering technologies and tools for a greener textile value chain.

Aligned with the Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework

TECHNOLOGIES

Our goal is to advance sustainable innovation for cotton and cellulosic textiles, addressing recycling inefficiencies and harmful chemicals with cutting-edge technologies tailored to industry needs:

MISSION

Optimized Recycling

Advanced processes for cellulosic fiber recycling into dope-dyed textiles.

Sustainable Pre-Processing

Effective removal of elastane, dyes and impurities from blended textiles without toxic byproducts.

PFAS-Free coatings

Bio-based, water-repellent solutions using innovative surfactant technology.

Visual representation of bio-based, PFAS-free water-repellent coatings.

Eco-Friendly Prints

Removable, PVC-free, bio-based printing formulations.

TOOLS

The green transition also requires safety and sustainability assessments on a scientific basis. We will contribute to advancing the toolbox with:

Toxicity assessments - novel methods and predictive tools.
Smart Decision Support - software based on the Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework.
Comprehensive Data Hub - to drive systemic sustainable innovation across the textile value chain.