EURATEX has signed before the notary the act launching ReHubs Europe, a new international non-profit association set to bring together the best in a class of different industries as well as newcomers to make textile recycling in Europe a reality.
Sharing Brussels’ EURATEX offices, ReHubs Europe will support its members in investing in textile recycling capacity with the ambition of achieving 2.5 million tons of fiber-to-fiber textile recycling by 2030; it will support its members in finding partners, knowledge, and funds.
This endeavor will also support the societal challenge of meaningfully collecting, sorting, reusing, and recycling up to 7.5 million tons of textile waste generated every year, which the new EU waste directive (published on 5 July) is set to establish in the EU through the mandatory collection and EPR schemes.
Beyond its membership services, the association aims at spill-over benefits with the wider industry and societal stakeholders by generating new knowledge on critical ad-hoc studies and publishing an online dynamic European textile recycling Roadmap.
This may guide companies and public authorities in Europe to monitor the progress of building the new recycling value chain and supporting the growth of the whole sector.
