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.