Create products today that are recyclable when they can no longer be used.
Designing for recyclability is essential for transitioning to a circular textile economy. At its core, it means designing products with their end in mind—ensuring that textiles created today can be recycled into new textile products when they are no longer usable.
This serves two important purposes:
- Keeping vital resources within the textiles value chain and out of landfill, combatting textile waste.
- Increasing the availability of recycled fibres and lessening the demand for ‘virgin’ or ‘new’ resource extraction. In this way, WRAP’s scenario modelling indicates that the industry could lower its carbon footprint by 12% and its water footprint by 18%.
A toolkit for action
Developed in collaboration with Textiles 2030 signatories, WRAP’s Design for Recyclability Toolkit is a practical resource designed to help businesses integrate recyclability into product development. It serves as a supplementary resource to WRAP’s Circular Design Toolkit for Fashion and Textiles, offering:
- Clear design strategies to embed recyclability principles.
- Printable worksheets to guide action.
- Future-focused insights, considering both current and emerging recycling technologies.
Realise your circular design goals
For businesses committed to bringing lower impact products to the market, reach out to find out how WRAP can support your circular design ambitions through projects, partnerships and training courses.
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