RE&UP breakfast charts fibre-to-fibre progress
At the Future Fabrics Expo in London, textiles recycling specialist RE&UP brought together 50 innovators, brands and retailers for a private breakfast session titled: “Yesterday’s garments, today’s raw materials – what’s holding us back?”
Moderated by RE&UP’s senior PR and marketing manager Keith O’Brien, the panel featured Nienke Steen (Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute) and Priyanka Khanna (Fashion for Good), who shared insights into the systemic and technical challenges preventing textile-to-textile recycling from scaling.
The discussion explored barriers to infrastructure and investment, the role of certification and standardisation and collaboration models that are pushing progress.
RE&UP’s general manager Andreas Dorner said: “Yesterday’s garments are already today’s raw materials. There are still challenges, but we’re operating at scale – and with the right partners, we’ll continue to do better.”
