New milestone for tExtended! Our latest findings show that up to 80% textile waste reduction is achievable—but only through systemic change across the textile value chain. Read more: textended.eu/2026/06/30/t...

That's a wrap on the Textiles Recycling Expo! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who visited our stand to discuss tExtended, and to our partners for joining us. Great two days of conversations and connections in Brussels.

We're heading to Brussels next week for the 2026 Textiles Recycling Expo. If you're attending, come and say hello to the tExtended team! Free tickets available here 👇 👉 www.ami-events.com/event/898d93...

Last week, RISE Sweden hosted Day 2 of the 42M project meeting. Partners came together for work package presentations, an interactive workshop, and a behind-the-scenes tour of RISE’s facilities. Take a look at some of the highlights from Day 2 👇

And that’s a wrap on tExtended’s 42M meeting! 🎉 It was a fantastic opportunity to share key updates across our work packages and exchange innovative insights during our workshops. Our Day 2 highlights will be shared next week, so stay tuned to see what the consortium got up to… 👀

As we kick off Day 2 of tExtended’s consortium meeting, we’re taking a moment to look back at some of yesterday’s highlights. ✨ Our partners enjoyed a productive day filled with work package updates, an engaging workshop, and an informative tour of the Textile Fashion Center.

Hello from Borås 👋 The 42M meeting has begun at the Textile Fashion Centre! Our partners have come together to share work package presentations and take part in collaborative workshops as we head into the final 6 months of the project. Keep an eye on our socials for more updates!

Next week, the tExtended partners will gather in Gothenburg & Borås, Sweden for our upcoming Consortium Meeting! 📢 Don’t miss the highlights, keep an eye on our social media channels for updates! #TextileRecycling

💡Why should you join our next webinar? Our speakers are going to focus on sorting: discover what we have worked on about sorting technologies and methodologies, and to see what happens to textile waste after the sorting phase. 📅April 1st, at 10 CET Link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🗓️ Mark your calendars! On April 1st, tExtended will host its 5th Community Webinar. It will be a morning full of insightful discussions, industry updates, and inspiration from the textile world. 👉 Click the link here to register and secure your spot: us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../W...

As part of tExtended’s demonstration activities, J. F. Almeida is producing yarns that combine 40% post-consumer recycled cotton from Purfi with virgin cotton. This process shows how recycled fibres can be transformed into high-quality materials suitable for real textile production. 🌱

💡Today we are starting our new blog series on the tExtended real scale demonstrators, which focuses on the collaborative work our partners are involved in the last year of the project. Read how VTT, RISE and Centexbel are working on thermo-mechanical recycling. 🔗 textended.eu/2026/01/29/t...

Season’s Greetings from tExtended! Wishing you a joyful holiday season, a relaxing break, and a successful New Year ahead.🎉

♻️ The sixth issue of the tExtended newsletter is out! We have just finished six busy but successful months - catch-up with the latest developments and a recap of what we have been involved in lately. 📩 Read the full newsletter on the tExtended LinkedIn page.

Merci SOPREMA France for hosting us in Strasbourg! When we gather with our partners, we make the most of our time together by connecting, sharing insights, and exploring innovative ways to collaborate. Here’s a sneak peek into how we spend a day with the tExtended consortium.

Good afternoon from Strasbourg! The 36M meeting has begun at Soprema Facilities, featuring ongoing Work Package presentations and excellent opportunities for networking during our breaks.

tExtended presenting its exhibition haul! As we reach the end of the project’s third year, it’s time to show our audience some samples of what we’ve been working on. At the recent ECOSYSTEX Conference, we had a lovely exhibition area - and here are some of the materials we showcased.

Our partners Purfi are currently at the A+A International Trade Fair and Congress in Düsseldorf, Germany! Visit their booth the learn about their work in tExtended - and to see the brilliant tExtended t-shirts they have just created 👀

📰tExtended has been featured in the Horizon Magazine, with contributions from Purfi, VTT, and J.F. Almeida! 🔗https://projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-magazine/keeping-clothes-circulation-how-eu-research-transforming-textile-waste

Today we hosted our 4th Community webinar, with presentations from Soprema, Rester Oy, and the Horizon-funded project Just Fashion. Thank you to the speakers and everyone who attended it! If you have missed it, keep following this space as you will find the recording soon on our website 🔗

♻️Did you miss our workshop and exhibition at the ECOSYSTEX conference? Check out the video made by our partners RISE, who co-hosted the event, to get a taste of the its and to see what we at tExtended are going to work on in the upcoming months! 🔗 vimeo.com/1125698422/9...

🗓️ Mark your calendars! On October 29th, tExtended will host its 4th Community Webinar. It will be a morning full of insightful discussions, industry updates, and inspiration from the textile world. 👉 Click the link here to register and secure your spot: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌿 Next week, we will be at the 3rd ECOSYSTEX Conference. We’ll be hosting the "Building a collaborative circular textile system" workshop and an exhibition of samples produced within the project work. If you want to learn more about the ECOSYSTEX agenda, check out their website.

🎥What we are working on now and in the next months, what we are planning for our workshop at the ECOSYSTEX conference, and what it is like to work in #tExtended: we have asked these and other questions to our project coordinator Pirjo Heikkilä from @vtt.fi! 🔗Full version: youtu.be/8JAyOvalOIM

♻️Some pictures from the Circular Textile Days! Over the last two days in the Netherlands we have presenting an exhibition of the samples produced together by our partners. 🗓️We will continue presenting our exhibition in the next months - , on September 29 and 30, for the 3rd ECOSYSTEX conference!

Next week, we’ll be at the Circular Textile Days! 🌱 Come visit us at our booth to explore the exhibition of samples from our latest project work. Don’t miss the chance to hear from our amazing partners. #CircularTextiles #Sustainability #TextileInnovation #CircularEconomy

Our latest blog is now live on our website! In this blog, Susanna Raiskio from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland explains this collaboration links with the tExtended project. Read more here: textended.eu/2025/09/02/r...

💡 By the end of August 2025, tExtended was expected to demonstrate three upcycling processes on a pilot scale. We have been able to actually demonstrate four processes. 🔗You can read the full news on our website: textended.eu/2025/08/29/t...

♻️ Ever wondered what happens to your clothes after you drop them off at a recycling centre? ✨ To help us reach our goals, make circular economy your lifestyle. #tExtended #CircularFashion #SustainableStyle #ClothingRecycling

✨ Ever thought about second chances? The Rolf Ekroth x LSJH collab turns end-of-life textiles and deadstock fabrics into bold new designs blending nostalgia with modern style. Vintage Finnish fabrics and discarded denim get an encore, proving fashion can have a future beyond first use.

We’re thrilled to announce that the Encore collection by Rolf Ekroth has been featured in Vogue! ✨ Follow us for more images and exclusive insights from the runway show!

Keep your eyes on Copenhagen Fashion Week, taking place from August 4–8, where our partner LSJH is collaborating with designer Rolf Ekroth to present the Spring/Summer 2026 collection, Encore. #fashionweek #textile #euproject

📢 tExtended is hosting a workshop at the 3rd #ECOSYSTEX Conference in Gothenburg this September! We will explore how to build a collaborative circular textile system + showcase our latest textile samples. 🧵 Read more: textended.eu/2025/07/16/t... #EcoSystex #tExtended #textile #workshop

📢 The 5th tExtended Newsletter is live! ln this edition: 📰 New press release 📄 CORDIS article on our project 💡 Major breakthrough update 🎤 Upcoming: ECOSYSTEX & Circular Textile Days 👉 Read & subscribe here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/texten...

tExtended has a Knowledge Hub! Our Knowledge Hub is an online space dedicated to sharing insights from tExtended and fostering collaboration. 📢Missed one of our webinars? You can now access all past sessions directly through the Knowledge Hub including our recent 3rd Community webinar.

🌿 Thank you for joining us for the tExtended 3rd Community Webinar! What an inspiring and thought-provoking webinar filled with fresh insights and meaningful conversations. 💡♻️ 📌 Stay tuned for our next webinar, more insights, innovation, and impact to come!

🚨 Join us for the 3rd tExtended Community Webinar! 📅 June 19 | 10am – 12pm CET | 💻 Online Building on the success of our previous sessions, this webinar will highlight the latest insights from the tExtended project. You will also hear from leading experts in the field.

We are thrilled to announce that our partner J. F. Almeida (JFA), in partnership with CITEVE and CeNTI, has had their be@t Blanket honored as "Best Product" at the iTechStyle Textile Innovation Awards 2025! 🏆 #SustainableDesign #CircularEconomy #AwardWinner #tExtended #textile #textilewaste

♻️ Join the Revolution in Textile Sustainability! ♻️ 📢We are thrilled with our tExtended partners attending the Textiles Recycling Expo 2025, taking place June 4–5 at the Brussels Expo. 📧 Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Purfi!

🚀 tExtended reaches Milestone 4! We are one step closer to a circular textile future as the project moves into full-scale demonstrations, with exciting progress in sorting, separation, and recycling. 🔗 Read the full article on our website: textended.eu/2025/05/22/t...

What an inspiring two days of learning, connection, and collaboration! Our 30M Meeting was filled with insightful discussions, meaningful networking opportunities, and shared learning. A big thank you to all our partners who joined us and contributed to making this face-to-face gathering a success!

At the tExtended M30 event in Turku, LSJH welcomed us to Forum Marinum with a creative twist: reusable name tags made from old ties. Refurbished by Turku City Employment Services, these unique badges added personality and sparked many smiles!

Next week, the #tExtended consortium meets in Turku, Finland to review progress and plan the next phase of revolutionising Europe’s textile recycling. ♻️ #EUResearch #TextileRecycling #Sustainability #HorizonEurope #Innovation #CircularEconomy #TextileWaste

On #EuropeDay, at tExtended we are celebrating today the values of unity and cooperation that define the European Union. ♻️Together, we work on a common solution to reduce the amount of textile waste in the EU. #EuropeDay2025 #HorizonEurope #tExtended #EU #circulareconomy #textilewaste

📢 Have you registered for the third tExtended Community Webinar yet? Here is why you should! 🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/e8SxfJTM Keep following this space in the next weeks for the full agenda! 👀 #TextileCircularity #CircularFashion #TextileInnovation #TextileResearch #HorizonEurope

📝 Join our partner CITEVE at the 7th edition of the iTechStyle Summit, on 26-28 May in Porto, Portugal and discuss with them the latest technologies, trends, strategies, opportunities and challenges in the industry! More information at: citeve.pt/summit #CircularEconomy #TextileRecycling

Have you registered for the third tExtended Community Webinar yet? 📢 Join us for a session of insights from inside the project and from external experts! 📅 June 19th, 10 AM – 12 PM CET 📍 Online 🔗 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢 In case you missed it: the agenda for tExtended's Second Community Webinar has been announced! 🗓️ Date: March 13th 🕙 Time: 10 AM – 12 PM CET 📍 Location: Online 👉 Register here: ow.ly/RpVG50URgua #Sustainability #Textiles #SustainableFashion #HorizonEurope

📢 Announcing the agenda for tExtended's Second Community Webinar! 🗓️ Date: March 13th 🕙 Time: 10 AM – 12 PM CET 📍 Location: Online 👉 Register here: ow.ly/RpVG50URgua #HorizonEurope #Textiles #TextileIndustry #SustainableFashion

♻️ tExtended is excited to join the Bluesky community! We will share our work on the reduction of textile waste and the development of recovery, valorization, and recycling processes for textiles. Follow us for updates on our progresses, and visit our website to know more about us: textended.eu