#Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-06-12

tExtended 6th plenary meeting sets strategic priorities for next phase

On 20th and 21st May 2025, tExtended partners have gathered for the sixth plenary meeting in Turku, in Finland. The meeting happened on the thirty-sixth month of work of the tExtended project, and it has been hosted by LSJH at Forum Marinum, in Turku. The meeting has been held over two days, and it has brought together representatives from all the project consortium, coming from 10 different European countries.

The discussions have focused on sharing updates on the progresses obtained in the various project activities. As the project has just concluded the preparatory work for the Conceptual Framework and for the Real Scale Demonstrators, the partners have been involved in several discussions to continue the planning to start the activities in the coming months.

During the first day, the General Assembly meeting has been held as well, to discuss key updates on the development of the project so far and planning to further the tExtended working strategy.

During the meeting, several partners brought samples to share and discuss about with the rest of the partnership, offering an opportunity of a concrete insight on all the project developments and of future working plans. The discussions over the samples brought to the meeting have defined the participation to future exhibitions for the project.

To close the meeting, the tExtended partners have been invited to visit our local partners, either LSJH and their textile refinement plant in Paimio or Rester who guided us on their textile recovery system.

tExtended will hold its next plenary meeting in November 2025 in Strasbourg, France.

tExtended to host workshop at 3rd Ecosystex Conference In Gothenburg, Sweden

In order to demonstrate and validate the steps taken so far to develop a blueprint for the optimized cycling of discarded textiles, the EU-funded project tExtended will be present at the next ECOSYSTEX conference, which will take place on September 29 – October 1 at the Jacy’z Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden.

EU ban on destroying unsold clothing and footwear now in force

The European Union's ban on the destruction of unsold clothing, clothing accessories and footwear has entered into force. Since July 19, 2026, large companies across the EU have been prohibited from destroying unsold textile products, while medium-sized companies will be required to comply with the same rules from 2030.

Circ launches first denim collection with H&M featuring TENCEL™ | Circ® with REFIBRA™ technology

Circ today announced that the first men's denim collection featuring TENCEL™ | Circ® with REFIBRA™ technology is now available at H&M, marking the commercial delivery of this unique pilot project first announced in October 2025. Featuring two styles available across the UK, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, South Europe, Turkey, North America, Mexico, Canada, and the Middle East, the launch brings TENCEL™ | Circ® with REFIBRA™ technology into H&M's standard men's denim assortment for the first time.

Eastman Naia™ brings its inside-out denim vision to Kingpins New York

Following its debut at Kingpins Amsterdam, Eastman Naia™ brings the next chapter of its denim story to Kingpins New York, taking place July 22–23. At Booth Green 7, Naia™ presents its denim proposition built around three complementary design directions: Performance Denim, Fashion Denim and Authentic Denim.