2025 Circular Innovation and Fashion Conference: Target of recycling rate of waste textiles 25%, breakthrough in recycled fiber technology
Recently, the 2025 Circular Innovation and Fashion Conference was grandly held in Shanghai. Environmental experts, fashion brand representatives and technology companies from all over the world gathered to discuss the future of recycling of waste textiles. The core topic of this conference is"Target of recycling rate of waste textiles 25%", and demonstrated breakthrough progress in a number of recycled fiber technologies. The following are the details of this conference.
1. Current status of global recycling of waste textiles
According to data released by the conference, about 92 million tons of waste textiles are generated worldwide each year, but the recycling rate is less than 15%, and most of them are landfilled or incinerated, causing serious environmental pollution. The following is a comparison of global waste textile recycling rates in the past five years:
| years | Total volume of waste textiles (10,000 tons) | Recovery rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8500 | 12% |
| 2021 | 8800 | 13% |
| 2022 | 9000 | 14% |
| 2023 | 9100 | 14.5% |
| 2024 | 9200 | 15% |
2. Target for 2025: Recycling rate increases to 25%
This conference proposes that by 2025, the global recycling rate of waste textiles will increase to 25%. To achieve this goal, governments, enterprises and scientific research institutions will take the following measures:
1.Policy promotion:Major economies such as the EU, China, and the United States will introduce stricter regulations on recycling waste textiles to force brands to increase the recycling rate.
2.Technological innovation:Increase investment in R&D in recycled fiber technology to improve recycling efficiency and quality of recycled fibers.
3.Consumer Education:Promote environmental protection concepts through media and social platforms and encourage consumers to participate in waste textile recycling.
3. Breakthrough in recycled fiber technology
This conference showed a number of breakthroughs in recycled fiber technology, among which the most popular ones are:
| Technical name | R&D institutions | Breakthrough Point | Estimated commercialization time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical regenerated fiber | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Decomposeable blended materials, and the recovery rate is increased to 90% | At the end of 2024 |
| Bioenzymetic technology | DuPont | Energy consumption is reduced by 40%, fiber strength is increased by 20% | 2025 |
| Intelligent sorting system | Siemens, Germany | AI recognizes different materials, and the sorting accuracy is 98% | Commercially available |
4. How do fashion brands practice circular economy?
Several international fashion brands shared their sustainable development strategies at the conference:
1.H&M:Announces 100% use of recycled or sustainable materials in 2025 and launches a “Used Clothing Recycling for Discounts” program.
2.Nike:Making sneakers with recycled fibers, targeting a 30% reduction in carbon footprint by 2025.
3.Zara:Launched the "Close-Loop Fashion" series, and all products can be recycled and reused.
5. Future Outlook
The recycling of waste textiles is the key to the sustainable development of the fashion industry in the future. With technological breakthroughs and policy advancement, the 25% target in 2025 is expected to be achieved. However, experts also pointed out that global collaboration is still necessary to break through technical bottlenecks in order to truly build a green fashion industry chain.
This conference has pointed out the direction for the industry and provided consumers with a more environmentally friendly and fashionable choice. Let us look forward to the circular economy bringing a better future to the earth in 2025!
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