Hello and Welcome
Hello and welcome to the third issue of the tExtended newsletter.
This newsletter is published every six months. It aims to share an overview of project developments, events and news, and give information on the next steps we are about to take.
This newsletter is published eighteen months after the start of the project activities; below are the tExtended project highlights in the last six months.
tExtended has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No.101091575.
What’s new with tExtended?
18M meeting in Ghent, Belgium
In May 2024, tExtended partners have gathered together for the 4th time in Ghent, Belgium, hosted by Centexbel. During the meeting, the partners had the opportunity to discuss the work completed in these last eighteen months, and to
During the meeting, the consortium has been invited to visit the laboratories at Centexbel, but it also travelled to Kortrijk to visit De Kringloopwinkel and Valvan:
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Conversations
Throughout the last months, we have reached out to some of the tExtended project partners and discussed with them about their work in tExtended, the challenges encountered and their experience in working with our European partnership. You can find these interviews on our blog:
- Pirjo Heikkila, Principal Scientist and Project Manager at VTT
- David Macario, Innovation Manager at ERT Têxtil Portugal al
- Zara Huybens, Project Leader for Circular Activities and Innovation at De Kringloopwinkel
- Koen de Ruyck, General Manager at Purfi
- Dominika Fugger, General Manager at NARA-SK
- Kirsi Jaakkola, R&D Manager at Rester Oy
- Anna Garton, Post-Consumer Textile Expert at Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto Oy (LSJH)
- David Alonso, Head of Sustainability at TALLY WEiJL
Keep following our social media channels: in the next weeks we will publish more interviews with tExtended project partners.
Publications
Our partner Green Liberty | Zaļā brīvība has published a study on collection and use of post-consumption textiles in Latvia, which delves into understanding how Latvia and the Baltic countries are tackling the challenge of establishing a system for the separate collection of textile waste by 2025:
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Participation
At the end of March, several tExtended partners, including our coordinator VTT, have been involved in the final conference of Telavalue and New Cotton Project in Espoo, Finland, showcasing our research and technological advancements:
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tExtended partners have been busy travelling to various events and conferences during these last six months, promoting the project and our research and solutions to different types of public:
- In April we have attended the World Circular Economy Forum 2024, he world’s leading event for circular economy leaders, highlighting the most impactful circular solutions from around the world;
- In April we have attended as well Techtextil, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens in Frankfurt, Germany:
- In May there has been the Textile ETP Annual Conference, in Mechelen, Belgium, where our partners have attended the event too.
Networking
On 30th March we have celebrated the UN’s Zero Waste Day, with our sister projects REDOL EU Project and MOBICCON-PRO:
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Our partners keep being active also in the ECOSYSTEX community, where we keep following the workshops organized by the community and participating in the working groups.
We keep following events and developments in the Processes4Planet Partnership too.
Events
Upcoming project events
24M tExtended meeting in Porto, Portugal (TBC)
Other events
Plastic Recycling Show – 19-20 June in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress – 11-13 September in Dornbirn, Austria
Circular Textile Days -18-19 September in s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
11th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing – 18-20 September in Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
EcoFira 2024 – 12-14 November in Valencia, Spain
4th International Conference “Circular Economy for Textiles and Plastics” – 19-20 November in Oostende, Belgium
Thank you for reading. We look forward to the next update – remember to subscribe to this newsletter so you won’t miss it.
-Team tExtended
