Subir Ghosh

2 days ago | texfash.com | Subir Ghosh

By integrating physical tracers with blockchain-backed data, Aware offers brands and producers verifiable proof of origin, enabling compliance, circularity, and transparency—particularly crucial as regulatory frameworks like the UPV Textiles Act take hold globally. Koen Warmerdam, Co-founder and Brand Director of Aware, shares insights into how the company is transforming textile sustainability using a phygital traceability system.

3 days ago | texfash.com | Subir Ghosh

Despite separate textile collection becoming mandatory across EU member states from January 2025, fragmented implementation and enforcement gaps undermine circular economy progress. Industry experts reveal how regulatory inconsistencies and misaligned policies are preventing meaningful recycling outcomes across European markets. Infrastructure limitations and regulatory fragmentation prevent effective textile waste collection despite ambitious EU targets.

4 days ago | texfash.com | Subir Ghosh

Chemical recycling attracts billions in investment promises while proven mechanical methods remain underutilised. With 73% of collected textile waste still landfilled or incinerated globally, industry experts question whether technological tunnel vision is preventing immediate impact and realistic circularity solutions. Advanced sorting technologies could create maximum impact across recycling value chains by optimising material routing.

5 days ago | texfash.com | Subir Ghosh

Recycling Crisis 2 June 2025 Europe's textile recycling industry faces unprecedented challenges despite growing waste volumes and regulatory pressure. Leading industry experts reveal critical gaps in traceability, technology deployment, and policy implementation that threaten circular economy ambitions across the continent.

5 days ago | texfash.com | Subir Ghosh

Europe's textile recycling industry generates only €1.54 billion annually despite processing millions of tonnes of waste, highlighting systemic economic challenges. Industry experts reveal how data invisibility and traceability gaps create cascading costs that undermine commercial viability and prevent meaningful circularity at scale. Recyclers absorb hidden costs from unverified textile inputs, forcing competition on price rather than environmental impact.