Project REWEAR investigates rewear as a global practice of circularity.

This study provides new data illustrating the multiple situations and tensions of rewear innovation and ecosystems.

It looks at the state of play of rewear in Europe, Ghana and Pakistan, and examines the EU policies shaping used textile flows.

There are three case studies: a company using high tech sorting technologies, a repair-oriented social enterprise which puts people first, and an end-to-end platform for aftersales service.

The study finds that rewear alone cannot address the systemic challenges facing the textile sector. Lasting progress will require a parallel transition toward systems that produce and consume fewer garments, reducing the volume of low-quality material entering post consumer flows at source.