Research-led insights for the future of recycled textiles
Perspectives, innovations, and developments shaping scalable circular materials.
Regulations & Compliance
EmpCo now applies across the EU: what it means for the recycled products already in your warehouse
EmpCo applies across the EU from 27 September 2026. The rules cover every product presented to consumers from today, including merchandise and packaging produced before the rules existed.
Regulations & Compliance
A green leaf can now be an environmental claim
Under EmpCo, images, colours and symbols can count as environmental claims. This is when a leaf on your packaging becomes a problem, and how to keep the imagery.
Regulations & Compliance
PPWR Is Now in Force: What Applies From Today, and What Waits Until 2030
The PPWR has applied since 12 August 2026, but its recycled-content targets start in 2030. What you need in place now, and what can wait.
News
Yesterday's Food Container, Tomorrow's Shopping Bag: Waste2Wear and Kwality Holdings Launch in Southern Africa
Waste2Wear has partnered exclusively with Kwality Holdings to supply recycled-plastic bags and products in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, starting with shopping bags.
Sustainability Insights
How recycled content actually gets verified
Recycled content can’t be seen in a finished product, so every claim needs a defined method behind it. This is how we measure it in rPET and how that method is validated.
Regulations & Compliance
PPWR recycled-content thresholds, in practice
The PPWR sets minimum post-consumer recycled content for plastic packaging from 2030. These are the thresholds for each packaging type and how they apply per plant.
Regulations & Compliance
PPWR supplier questionnaires are arriving. Here's what brands should ask recycled packaging suppliers
PPWR supplier questionnaires are turning the regulation into procurement work. These are the six areas to ask your recycled packaging suppliers about, and what counts as evidence.
Sustainability Insights
Why we are moving our rPP bags to food-grade post-consumer packagingÂ
Our rPP bags are now made from post-consumer food packaging. A known origin makes recycled content easier to document and gives brands a specific claim to make.
Case studies
Case Study: The Jane Goodall Institute
With Logonet and Repeltec, we supplied ranger uniforms in recycled polyester-cotton for Jane Goodall Institute teams protecting chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania.