Global Fashion Agenda has released the first episode from its new Upstream Circularity podcast, which explores the future of fashion textile recycling.
The limited three-part series will explore the technical innovations, systemic shifts, and real-world solutions shaping the future of textile recycling.
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The first episode hosted by Global Fashion Agenda’s head of content Faith Robinson discusses the roadmap for unlocking textile-to-textile recycling’s potential and creating upstream circular ecosystems at scale.
Global Fashion Agenda CEO Federica Marchionni said: “To support the transition to a circular fashion industry, we must implement solutions that transform waste into valuable resources. This podcast spotlights the industry leaders driving progress, providing inspiration and tangible guidance to accelerate change.”
All three episodes feature in-depth conversations with industry experts and offer practical insights on how waste can be transformed into valuable resources.
Global Fashion Agenda says estimates suggest that of all the materials the global textile industry uses, just 0.3% come from recycled sources, despite the fact that existing technologies have the potential to unlock up to 80% circularity in the fashion sector.
It adds that with over 520 global regulations now driving circularity, brands and manufacturers must urgently adapt and transition to circular business models.
The series builds on findings from the Global Fashion Agenda’s Upstream Circularity Playbook, which was supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the H&M Foundation and was designed to support industry stakeholders such as manufacturers, recyclers, policymakers, and brands, in building circular systems in garment-producing regions.
Each podcast episode explores a critical step in the journey to establishing circular systems:
Episode 1 examines how waste can be efficiently identified, sorted, and traced back to ensure it enters the right recycling streams. Guests include Marina Chahboune, Closed Loop Fashion and Nin Castle, Reverse Resources.
Episode 2 unpacks the challenges and opportunities of textile waste aggregation with insights from Abdur Razzaque, RECYCLE-RAW and Ebru Özküçük Güler, RE&UP.
Episode 3 explores how fashion brands and industry stakeholders can take post-industrial recycling from theory to reality, featuring Alexander Granberg, BESTSELLER and Karla Magruder, Accelerating Circularity.
