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Project FAE Seeks to Unlock Post-Consumer Feedstocks for Textile-to-Textile Recycling
Fashion for Good has launched Project FAE—Feedstock Activation Europe—to
- assess the feasibility of advanced preprocessing technologies needed to channel non-rewearable post-consumer textiles into textile-to-textile recycling at scale,
- develop a framework for large-scale regional sorting hubs and
- create a practical, commercial structure for the wider industry to act on.
The project is a response to one of the most pressing problems in textile circularity: making post-consumer waste a viable, commercially competitive raw material for recyclers. Led by Fashion for Good, the project unites adidas, BESTSELLER and Inditex alongside a wide network of sorters, recyclers and ecosystem partners working together to turn findings into lasting infrastructure change.
