BioSusTex

The textile value chain encompasses various materials, end-users, and applications. Despite a growing focus on sustainability, progress remains slow, necessitating innovative technologies to tackle challenges such as low recycling rates and chemical pollutants. With this in mind, the EU-funded BioSusTex project aims to pioneer key technologies to enhance the sustainability of the textile value chain. These efforts include optimising recycling of cellulosic fibres, developing sustainable pre-processing techniques, creating bio-based water-repellent coatings, and providing analytical methods and prediction tools for toxicity assessment. These initiatives are in line with the Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework, designed to promote sustainable innovation within the textile industry.