Bio-based textiles | Knowledge for policy

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This video explores the European textile industry and examines the key factors suggested to scale up the production of bio-based fibres (2024).

The EU policy supports a sustainable development of the textile industry, increasing textile-to-textile recycling and limiting overproduction.
Within this context, the bio-based textile sector plays a crucial role, as it can contribute to reduce the use of virgin fossil-based synthetic materials.
The European bio-based textiles sector provided on average 754 700 jobs and EUR 25 billion added value on annual basis over the last decade.
Key factors to enable the sector growth in EU are: strengthen and upscale local EU value chains, identify and promote sustainable sources of biomass feedstock and support innovation.

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Brief on Bio-based textiles in a sustainable and circular bioeconomy

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Relevant bio-based textiles policies

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Study on textiles for product policy instruments

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Reports and articles on bio-based textiles

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Data on bio-based textiles

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From raw materials to final textile products

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