esosport was founded in 2009 by a small group of avid sports fans keen to find a better use for old sports shoes than simply throwing them away. They have proven that once they have exhausted their support and performance potential, recycled sport (and bike tyres!) shoes yield a secondary raw material which is very good for flooring in sports facilities.
Waste and pollution from the production of textiles and clothing have become critical global issues. The current ‘linear’ model is outdated and unsustainable. There is an urgent need for a strategy to transform industry into a circular model. A new report launched by Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, calls for decisive policy measures to create an enabling framework.
Rifò regenerates noble textile fibres, such as cashmere, using a proven technology developed in the textile district of Prato (Tuscany) over a hundred years ago.
After the 2014 elections, the new Roubaix municipality team wanted to change the image of its city and encourage a positive attitude towards both its inhabitants and France as a whole.
The roadmap aims at turning difficulties into advantages, generating a new dynamic. Based on theSustainable development strategy (since 2003), a zero waste policy is progressively implemented with a focus on cooperation and awareness raising among stakeholders.
The approach is global, even if some activities are implemented on a micro-scale (budget issue), mostly at the level of a city sub-district (Fresnoy-Mackellerie).
To enable the entire City of Roubaix to experience the transition to a zero waste economy, projects are open and accessible to all categories of population and businesses.
The Circular Fashion Games: one programme, two bootcamps. Team up and join the creative ecosystems in Eindhoven and Amsterdam to reshape the fashion industry and shift it towrards the circular economy.
Van Hulley is a Dutch SME that upcycles worn-out shirts into boxershorts, employing disadvantaged women as seamstresses every year and training them to join the labour market more permanently.
Infinited Fiber has developed a technology that can turn cotton rich textile waste into new fibres for the textile industry. Not just once, but infinitely. These new Infinna™ textile fibres can be recycled again and again without decreasing the quality of the fibre.
