Agenda - 1:30 PM CET - 11 DECEMBER 2024

ADVANCING POLYESTER TEXTILE CIRCULARITY: COORDINATING SCALING ACROSS THE EU VALUE CHAIN FOR A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE

13:30-14:10 Circularity in Textiles and Sustainability Challenges 

13 :30-13 :35 Introduction -Christian Crépet - PETCORE EUROPE and Bruno Langlois - Carbios

13 :35-13:55 Overview of Current Circularity Challenges in the Polyester Textile Industry and the Role of Circularity in Driving Sustainable Development: 

Key statistics and ;imports & production, EU Collection & sorting for PET.

- Loic Mace - Axens & Thierry GAUTHIER - IFPEN

The complexity of materials: Polyester, Polycotton, Polyester/Elastane, and PO/PA…- Bruno LANGLOIS - CARBIOS

13:55-14:10 EU Institutions’ Role in Tackling Textile Circularity Challenges:

EU Commissions presentation on Polyester Textile Recycling - TBC

14:10-15:30 Technologies and Innovation Deployment moderated by Raphael Jaumotte - PETCORE EUROPE:   

a.

Overview of PET Recycling Technologies supporting polyester textile

14:10-14:20 Recognition and automatic sorting.

- TBC - Joint input from Tomra & Pellenc

14:20-14:30 Depolymerization recycling, multiple technologies, including glycolysis, hydrolysis, enzymatic, solvolysis and methanolysis - Maurizio Crippa - Gr3n Recycling

14:30-14:40 Mechanical recycling: updates from Starlinger, Erema and Coperion.

- Wolfgang Herman - Erema.

14:40-14:50 Return of experience on Mechanical and Depolymerisation Recycling – TBC - Green Group

14:50-15:00 Q&A

b.

15:00-15:10 Geographical Presence and Development - Philip Boydell

• Mapping and Panorama: Present and Future ;
• Pilot units and Technology Readiness Levels (TRL).

• Ongoing and finalized industrial projects (Capacities).

c.

15:10-15:20 Indicative Value Chain Costs – Bruno Langlois - Carbios

• Breakdown of costs across the value chain: Collection, sorting, preparation for recycling, mechanical recycling, depolymerization, repolymerization…
• Overall results and typical EU member state PET budget scenario –

• Learnings from existing studies (Mc Kinsey, …)

15:20-15:30 Q&A Session

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

15:45-16:05 Essential Tools for Recycling and Mandatory Design Standards for Circularity - Josse Kunst - CuRe TECHNOLOGY

• Guidelines for Circularity in Polyester-Based Textiles
  • Collection & Sorting
  • Preparation for depolymerization & mechanical recycling
  • Design for Recycling for clothing
• Update on T-Rex 

16:00-16:05 Q&A Session 

16:05- 16:30 Current State and Global Collaboration for EU Alignment on SIMULTANEOUS SCALABLE SOLUTIONS - Christian Crépet - PETCORE EUROPE 

• Alignment Across the EU to organize the circular value chain: 

EPR, collection, sorting and preparation deployment ;        

• Collection schemes deployment  

Reverse logistics strategies, asset recovery, take-back programs, voluntary return, kerbside, charity ;

Consumer education and incentivizing

• Regulatory Framework to support deployment of a circular value chain

Recycled content, End-of-Waste, Waste shipment, Textiles labelling, industry standards, Enforcement and Monitoring,

16:25-16:30 Q&A on how can the textile industry be ready to harmonize simultaneously scaling for an EU sustainable success?  

16:30-17:45 The key challenge lies in driving global expansion of textile circularity while simultaneously aligning all recycling steps across the EU moderated - Bruno Langlois - Carbios

Stakeholder Perspectives on an harmonize & synchronized collective effort for an EU PET circular ;

• 16:30-16:45 How brands such as Adidas, H&M, or the Decathlon of this world approach circularity - TBC

• 16:45-17:00 Insights from EPRs - Refashion-TBC  

• 17:00-17:15 Associations - Karla Magruder - accelerating Circularity  

• 17:15-17:30 European Commission - DG Grow - TBC 

17:30-17:45 Q&A Session

• Could a global forum on synthetic fibers, similar to the Circular Plastics Alliance led by DG GROW for plastic packaging, promote global collaboration, synchronized growth through  a  transparency attitude to   evaluate progress across the value chain and be helping for regulatory adjustments? 

• Ensuring compliance through continuous ;

17:45-18:00 Wrap-up and Conclusions - Christian Crépet - PETCORE EUROPE