Topic: Textiles
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Connecting Technology and Space for a Circular Economy
Published by How can industrial areas become drivers of a circular and resilient city?The new Guide Book “Tech & Spaces for Circular Economy” explores this question by linking technological innovation with spatial transformation and shows how collaboration between sectors can turn urban industrial sites into future-proof ecosystems. Developed by Circular Berlin and Creative Climate Cities in collaboration with WISTA Management GmbH, the…
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Kickstarting Repair Culture in Berlin: The First Repair Deal Pop-Up Week
The Repair Deal Pop-Up Week proved that Berliners are eager to engage in hands-on, creative, and community-based sustainability initiatives. With a diverse program, strong partnerships, and valuable learnings, the event laid a solid foundation for future repair-centered activities. In July 2025, we as Circular Berlin, hosted the first-ever Repair Deal Pop-Up Week in Berlin-Kreuzberg. This…
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Politische Empfehlungen für EPR für Textilien in Deutschland
Published by Deutschland entwickelt derzeit ein nationales System der Erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) für Textilien – als Reaktion auf die überarbeitete Abfallrahmenrichtlinie (Waste Framework Directive, WFD) (Richtlinie 2008/98/EG) vom März 2025. Diese Entwicklung ermöglicht es, die nationale Textilabfallpolitik systematisch an den Prinzipien von Nachhaltigkeit, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und globaler Verantwortung auszurichten. Während das EPR-Rahmenwerk der EU eine…
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From Fiber to Function: Closing the Loop on E-Textiles
In November 2024, we had the opportunity to present key insights on sustainability and circular economy in the field of electronic textiles at the E-Textiles Conference in Berlin. But what happens when smart technologies meet linear textile systems? E-textiles are considered a promising innovation — yet from a circular economy perspective, they raise complex questions: How…
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Takeaways from the AGYLE Live Week – Circular Economy Edition
As part of the 2024 AGYLE – African German Young Leaders in Business cohort, I had the unique opportunity to join the programme´s Live Week in Berlin, from 16th to the 20th September. The AGYLE programme is a project by Deutschland Land der Ideen that aims to connect young African and German leaders from business,…
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An exchange program with the Or Foundation from Ghana
Between the 29th June to the 5th of July 2024 we ran a one-week exchange programme in cooperation with our partner the Or Foundation, who brought a delegation from Ghana to Berlin. The delegation was composed of designers, retailers, remanufacturing specialists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and waste management experts from the Kantamanto community. Strategically timed to coincide…
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SOLSTICE: Rs Strategies for a Circular Textiles Economy
The SOLSTICE project is funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe framework program and aims to promote climate-neutral practices and the transition to a circular economy in the textile industry. The project follows a systemic and holistic approach that considers all phases of waste prevention and is guided by the 5R strategies: Refuse / Reduce, Reuse,…
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Tech and Spaces: enabling circularity with photonics and material science
Funders Berlin Senatsverwaltung Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe (SenWeb) Partners Creative Climate Cities, WISTA Dates April 2024 – December 2025 Get in touch Stefan Aufrichter Project Management Through this project, we will explore the potential of Deep Tech applications and co-creation spaces for accelerating and implementing a circular economy in various industries in Berlin and beyond.…
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Essay: “Revalue your clothes – implementing a circular textiles economy”
Written by published in 3rd BKHS Magazine grows a valuable cooperation for our upcoming exchange project between Ghana & Germany We are excited and proud to announce our publication titled „Revalue your clothes – implementing a circular textiles economy” in the third edition of the Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Foundation Magazin on this year´s topic “Remaking…
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ARCA: combining creativity, sustainability and inclusivity in fashion
Funders European Cooperation projects (CREA-CULT-2023-COOP) under grant agreement number: Project 101131677 Partners Baumhaus Societa (Bologna, It) and Lantoki (Barcelona, Es) Dates November 2023 – October 2025 Get in touch Arianna Nicoletti Textiles & Education Lead The ARCA project experiments with a European transnational co-design and co-creation process to develop a prototype of an Agender Circular…
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Ghana x Germany: Paving the way for an equitable EPR
Funders Engagement Global, Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (LEZ), and Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung Partners The OR Foundation Dates January 2024 – December 2024 Get in touch Arianna Nicoletti Textiles & Education Lead With the overarching goal of raising awareness of the challenges and impacts of the trade and disposal of used clothing in countries of the Global South, this…
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Textile Journeys: exploring Berlins’ discarded textiles
Funders Deutsche Postcode Lotterie Partners Streetwear Saved Item Dates November 2023 – December 2024 Get in touch Arianna Nicoletti Textiles & Education Lead Textile Journeys are unique workshop experiences and knowledge-sharing blog posts that teach Berliners about inspiring ways to keep their beloved clothes alive for longer. In the workshops, participants collect and analyze discarded…
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Textile Journeys – an interactive deep dive into Berlin’s discarded textiles
New Years eve in Berlin has just passed, and unfortunately (but predictably) the streets are covered in the waste that an all-out evening of fireworks leaves behind – plastic shards, wooden sticks, damp cardboard and an odd looking red dust. But look a little closer, and in amongst this you’ll see a pair of jeans…
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Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on collaborative take-back systems for textiles
In light of the incoming sustainability and circularity major legislations at national and European level, the German fashion industry needs to create new crucial partnerships with the textile reversible supply chain. Initiated by the German “Partnership for Sustainable Textiles” and in collaboration with the circularity agency “Closed Loop Fashion”, in a 4 days multi-stakeholder workshop…
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Circular City Business Tour Berlin – An exchange program with Israeli enterprises.
Between the 22-25th of November 2021 Re-Fresh Global & Circular Berlin ran a 3 day exchange program in Berlin for Israeli organizations, textile manufacturers and experts working in different fields of circular economy and social entrepreneurship. The activities were supported by the Israel Economic & Trade Mission, Germany, and the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation. The…
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A-gain Guide: textile solutions for the consumer in Berlin
Funders Senat MVKU, Senat WEB, Postcode Lotterie Partners LoopLook, Büro Bum Bum, Cecilia Palmer, New Standard Studio Dates From June 2021 Get in touch Arianna Nicoletti Textiles & Education Lead Our A-gain Guide is a digital platform, designed to guide the user through the best options to locally repair, reuse and recycle their unwanted clothes…
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German-Israeli Circular Textiles City Leaders exchange 2021
Funders Deutsche-Israeli Zukunftsstiftung Partners Re-fresh Global, Circular Berlin Dates February 2021 – December 2021 Get in touch Arianna Nicoletti Textiles & Education Lead A new business exchange program for sustainability entrepreneurs, brands, recycling companies, policy makers and other stakeholders, who are interested in reducing textile waste and innovating waste management practices in cities.The program is…
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Workshop results: Berlin Circular Fashion approach
At the beginning of 2019 Circular Berlin and Future Fashion Forward e.V. teamed up to organize the fourth and last workshop of the Circular Berlin event series targeting the issues of local waste streams in Berlin and bringing together municipalities and industry actors in different fields. After looking at the Construction Industry, at Material Urban Remanufacturing specifics…
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Building the circular economy agenda for Berlin
Funders EIT Climate-KIC Partners Circular Berlin Dates April-August 2018 Get in touch Dina Padalkina CEO, Founder The Circular Berlin project started as an exploratory study at the start of 2018, with the idea to establish a coordinated network that connects key stakeholders in order to have more influence on local policies and regulations in the…