Closing the Loop on Textiles - Opportunities and Challenges

Textile Exchange Workshop

Arnheim, 30.05.2018

Prof. Friederike von Wedel-Parlow

Beneficial Design Institute

Fast Fashion on Scale

60%

Growth of fashion consumption in 10 years

76,4 Mill. t Production of garments per year worldwide

1,3 trill. USD Global industry

300 mill. People along the supply chain

Relevance of Fashion

20.000 Chemicals in use in the textile sector

30% Of worldwide jobs are related to textile

Fashion is meaningful and future-oriented

expresses individual and cultural identity

Fashion as Driver

for Change

Cradle to Grave Design Paradigm

Prognosis for 2050

9,5 Trill. world population

50% of the people wanting to

belong to the middle class

160 Mill. t total clothing sales - more

than three times of today’s

amount

Global Impact of Fashion and Textile

People fashion Environment

fashion

Culture fashion

Closing the Loop

Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2012

State of the Fashion System

EllenMaArther Foundation Report 2018

Circularity =Recyling?

Sludge to Briggs „Upcling“

PVC Recycling

Polyester Recycling

Recycled Polyester Supply Chain

Microparticles from Textile in the Marine Environment

Ausgasung - Teppich (Naturfaser)

Made for Health and Nature

Cradle to Cradle for Manufactum „Modern Gentleman“

Ricardo Garay, USA

ALL COMPONENTS ARE DEFINED FOR

THE BIOSPHERE::

• Main Fabric

• Dyestuff

• Process Chemicals

• Lining /Pocketing

• Interlining

• Buttons

• Sewing and Overlock Yarn

• Care label / Label

Material Innovations

C2C DENIM Fabric

G-Star Raw

MUSHROOM LEATHER

Myco Works

ALGAE MATERIALS

Alga Life

CARBON SHOES

10x Beta

Product Innovations

BIO BASED TECHNICAL

JACKET

TIERRA DETARRA ANORAK

CRADLE TO CRADLE T-SHIRT

C&A

PRODUCTS MADE FROM

RECYCLED FISHING NETS

ECOALF

GARMENT LEASE

FILIPPA K

LEASING RAW MATERIALS

MUD JEANS

GARMENT RENTAL

KLEIDEREI

Innovative Business Models

Take Back Systems

I:Collect

INSTORE COLLECTION

RePack

RETURNPACKAG

ING

reGain APP

COLLECTION PLATTFORM

LifecycleCloud

holistic B2B Return Plattform

Recycling Technologies

WOOD PULP RECYCLING

RE:NEW CELL

WASTE TO VALUE

STRATEGIES

Circular Systems

REFIBRE - REBORN TENCEL

LENZING

Transparency

GARMENT TRACKING

CIRCULAR FASHION

BLOCKHAIN TECHNOLOGY

TRUSTRACE

ETHICAL RATINGS

GOOD ON YOU

Defined Content is a Necessity for Digitalisation

Let‘s Go! BENEFICIAL DESIGN INSTITUTE GmbH

Prof. Friederike von Wedel-Parlow

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