APARO is building an operational software infrastructure for textile circularity. It is starting with the physical processes where circularity actually happens: collection, sorting, material movements, quality assessment, traceability and downstream flows.

Textile circularity in Europe is increasingly shaped by regulatory pressure, fragmented operational networks and the need for reliable data across collectors, sorters, municipalities, recyclers, reuse actors and producer responsibility organisations. However, many operational processes in the used textile sector are still managed through manual workflows, isolated systems and incomplete data.

APARO is addressing this gap by developing a software platform that structures and connects textile collection and sorting operations. The aim is to make material flows more transparent, improve coordination between actors and create a reliable operational data layer for reuse, recycling, reporting and future EPR-related requirements.

The initiative tackles textile circularity challenges shaped by European regulation, fragmented value chains and cross-border material flows. It is starting with Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

APARO is currently in development and focuses on the operational layer of textile circularity: containers, collection points, sorting decisions, quality information, material movements and downstream recovery routes.