9 June 2026

Knit2Last shows potential for high-quality wool recycling

The KIEM HighTech project Knit2Last has reached an important first milestone. At Saxion’s Circular Textile Lab, researchers have succeeded in developing yarns and knitted fabrics made from mechanically recycled wool combined with virgin merino wool. Initial knitting tests show that these recycled materials can be processed on industrial knitting machines. The project thus provides initial […]

28 May 2026

Interim results project Care & Repair

The Care & Repair project is in full swing. On Wednesday 8 April, the second phase was kicked off at ArtEZ University of the Arts. In this phase, which runs until October 2026, we will work with partners in the field to design and develop concrete concepts and interventions around maintenance and repair of clothing. […]

19 May 2026

Join the survey on the Digital Product Passport for textiles

What does a workable and reliable Digital Product Passport (DPP) for textiles look like in practice? Within the NewTexEco project on the Digital Product Passport, researchers and professionals from the textile chain are jointly investigating which information is actually needed, feasible and usable. The first round of Delphi research within the M-DPP project has now […]

8 April 2026

Participate in research on sustainable textiles

The research team of Hogeschool van Amsterdam invites companies to participate in a new research project within NewTexEco: The Business Case for Durability: Collaborative Value Creation in Circular Textile Ecosystems (BUDUCE). The project investigates how collaborative models in circular textile chains create, deliver and retain value for all parties involved. Sustainability as a system driver […]

2 April 2026

Shape the Digital Product Passport for textiles

In addition to the Industry Living Lab workshop series, such as the one held on 13 April 2026, the Molecular Digital Physical Product Passport Project (M-DPP project) is conducting a Delphi Stakeholder Consultation – a structured, multi-stage process designed to form an informed picture of what Digital Product Passports actually require in practice within the […]

3 March 2026

Dutch people and their wardrobes: what the figures show

The transition to a circular textile system starts not only in design and production, but also in consumers’ wardrobes. This is according to recent research by Hogeschool Rotterdam, conducted in collaboration with several colleges and our research consortium NewTexEco. The study, based on the analysis of 958 wardrobes of Dutch people aged between 15 and […]

22 April 2025

Does bamboo have a future in Europe? Read the story behind the research ‘Bamboo Europe’ of Crissi Apostolidis and Tjeerd Veenhoven

Bamboo grows fast, enriches poor soils and absorbs lots of CO2. Until now, we mainly imported this type of wood from Asia. But with the introduction of a large-scale bamboo plantation in Europe, there is now more room for research into building a sustainable bamboo value chain. That was precisely the aim of the research […]

20 March 2025

Daniëlle Bruggeman inaugurates as associate professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Radboud University

Daniëlle Bruggeman today delivers her inaugural address as extraordinary professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Radboud University in Nijmegen. Bruggeman has been a lecturer in Fashion at ArtEZ since 2017 and also teaches in the master’s programme Critical Fashion Practices. She is also a member of the NewTexEco programme team. In April 2024, she was […]