Novel, sustainable and circular bio-based textiles

Deadline: 26 September 2023

The expected impacts to be addressed by successful proposals include:

• Enhancing European industrial sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence;
• Accelerating regional, rural, local, urban and consumer-based transitions towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive, just and clean circular economy and bioeconomy as well as;
• The development of innovative and sustainable value-chains in the bio-based sectors, substituting the fossil- based ones.

Projects are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:

• Reduce negative environmental impact of textiles throughout their lifecycle;
• Increase recyclability and circularity of textiles;
• Increase the use of EU alternative, bio-based fibers;
• Address social impacts, in addition to environmental effects; sustainable circular and socially just textile production and consumption at EU level;
• Empower and increase SMEs participation and improve academia/industry/feedstock & fibers supplier’s interactions an collaborations.
• Establish new and innovative circular bio-based value chains with a positive impact on EU competitiveness and job creations at regional, rural and local levels.

Scope:

The call addresses the design, demonstration and scale-up of production of sustainable and circular, bio-based textiles for one or more applications.