Textile EPR
How can Europe build a commercially viable circular textile system?
In this episode, Louisa Hoyes, who has worked on building up textile circularity for the past 7 years, explains why building a circular textile system requires much more than advances in recycling technology.
What you'll hear in this episode:
• Why collection, sorting and recycling should be designed as one connected value chain rather than separate industries.
• The commercial challenges of scaling textile circularity, including infrastructure investment, feedstock quality, demand for recycled fibres, and business model innovation.
• How Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) can accelerate investment, improve traceability, and support fibre-to-fibre recycling.
The episode also covers emerging recycling technologies, collaboration across the textile value chain, and the expected timeline for scaling Europe's textile circularity infrastructure.
People
Louisa Hoyes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-hoyes/
Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:20 How today's textile collection, sorting and recycling business models work
07:58 A vision for the circular textile system in 2040
10:37 Commercial barriers to scaling textile circularity
14:28 Building demand for recycled fibres
17:02 Sorting technologies and feedstock quality
20:40 How EPR can accelerate textile circularity
23:56 Collaboration across the textile value chain
26:49 When will textile circularity reach commercial scale?
28:24 Closing reflections
About
TOMRA develops sensor-based sorting technologies that improve resource recovery across multiple industries, including recycling, mining and food. Within the textile sector, TOMRA works on automated sorting solutions that enable high-quality fibre recovery and support the transition towards a circular textile value chain.
Further Links
Connect to Louisa here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-hoyes/
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