10 November 2025

From wool remnant to 3D knitted future

In the project Closing the Knitwear Loop, our partner New Industrial Order (N.I.O.) together with chain partners Knit-It (Knit Manufacturer), Stcreative (Digital Design), Favourite Forms (Sizing & Fit) and Marije Lytske Hester (Impact Research) show how innovation, digitisation and circularity reinforce each other. The jumpers shown below are 3D-knitted from fully recycled wool; wool that […]

10 November 2025

Students take the lead in clothing sustainability research

How do students handle their clothes? And what role does that play in the transition to a circular fashion sector? The Care & Repair research project of ArtEZ University of the Arts (ArtEZ) and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) actively involves students in understanding and changing clothing use. How students wash, dry and care for […]

28 March 2025

Kick-off project Designing Ecosystems for Care & Repair

Tuesday 27 March saw the official kick-off of Designing Ecosystems for Care & Repair (hereafter Care & Repair). This programme, stemming from our research community NewTexEco, was recently selected from 51 submissions by CLICKNL. As many as 25 companies and institutions have shown interest in Care & Repair. The project investigates what systemic solutions are […]

13 May 2024

TEXPOWER project has started

Several consortium members from NewTexEco and Saxion University of Applied Sciences have been awarded a substantial multi-year project called TEXPOWER. In the transition to a circular textile chain, this project aims to develop innovative technologies and demonstrate scalability in closed-loop textile-to-textile recycling.