Fashion2House: Polycotton to Plastics for Household products (Step 2)
The amount of textile waste consisting of polyester–cotton blends (polycotton) is close to one hundred million tonnes annually, most of which is currently incinerated or sent to landfill. The household products industry, in turn, relies largely on virgin fossil-based plastics, amounting to hundreds of millions of tonnes globally.
Following the successful completion of the Fashion2House project, Step 2 of the project is now moving forward with its outcomes to further develop the demonstrators, ideas, and insights that were generated. The project aims to demonstrate a circular manufacturing chain in which discarded polycotton textiles are transformed into sustainable components for household products. The project focuses on scaling up the process to pilot level, including industrial production, product optimization, and supply‑chain verification, from waste handling to finished product.