Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency hosts an annual Circular Economy Conference to discuss priority topics and highlight the opportunities and challenges in transitioning to a circular economy in Ireland.
This year's event will focus on topical areas, such as the forthcoming EU Circular Economy Act, making circular models more competitive and extended producer responsibility in priority sectors. Through ‘Local Circular Solutions’ presentations, enterprises will showcase their circular business models.
The ECESP held the second Circular Economy Days at the World Expo 2025, with nine events over three days in five national pavilions in Osaka, Japan. This international series of events aimed to foster dialogue and collaboration among European and Japanese practitioners, policymakers, businesses and innovators in the circular economy. The session recordings are now available!
This webinar will explore the latest developments in the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and what it means for the fashion, clothing and textile industry, especially SMEs.
It will unpack key components of the EPSR, including the Digital Product Passport (DPP), Substances of Concern (SoC), green public procurement, ecodesign requirements and the ban on destroying unsold goods. International and national standards on circularity and ecodesign relevant to the sector will also be introduced.
STICA Climate Action Week 2025 took place just last month - and the interviews with various stakeholders which were released during it are now available. From the impact of climate change on workers to circular textiles made from waste, you're sure to find some in line with your area of interest!
UtilDeco Group SRL has become Romania’s flagship work-integration social enterprise.
In 2023, it linked its textiles and coffee operations in a circular-economy pilot scheme: fabric off-cuts from uniform production and empty jute coffee sacks were upcycled into OPYA Fashion, a limited-edition collection of jackets, totes and accessories.
The enterprise is now scaling circularity through two major projects, one on digital product passports in textile products and the other on hiring workwear.
Mexico Circular Hotspot will take place on 5-6 November. It will focus on bringing together stakeholders from business, governments and knowledge institutions to advance the circular economy in Mexico and the Americas.
The MANTRA project, funded by the EU under Horizon Europe, aims to accelerate the green and digital transformation of manufacturing SMEs in Europe by promoting advanced technologies and social innovation.
They have three open calls: for Manufacturing SMEs, Tech-savy SMEs and External Evaluators.
The ECESP Leadership Group on Textiles organised the #EUCircularTalks event on Circular textile policies: implementation, challenges and the role of the Circular Economy Act.
This webinar aimed to assess the state of play of circular textile policies in the EU, examining progress made, existing gaps and next steps.
Taranto CirTech has launched the Call4Ideas. It invites startups, innovative projects, young companies and emerging organisations to apply to join an acceleration programme designed to transform high-impact ideas into tangible, sustainable and scalable solutions. Apply by 22 June!
The INTERREG project Enable Digital Product Passports with Chemicals Traceability for a Circular Economy has organised a series of workshops designed to build the capacity of actors in the textile value chains to cope with the challenges of chemicals traceability.
This final workshop will feature a simulation game, where participants will try their hand at implementing traceability.
