Through ACT UK, we are not only looking at the development of the ATSP blueprint for the UK, but also providing a proof of concept for a circular textiles ecosystem.

To achieve this, we are conducting a series of activities:

• Socio-economic and environmental analysis of NRT flows to build the positioning of the UK’s future textiles recycling landscape.
• Recycling supply chain trials with materials like polyester, cotton, wool, and blends, using as feedstock the post-consumer textiles taken through automated sorting and pre-processing steps. These trials are key to ensure the system can supply the right feedstock specification to different stakeholders, like mechanical recyclers, chemical recyclers, as well as other emerging recycling technologies.
• Investigating the broader business case for UK materials circularity and next phase UK manufacturing.

Automatic-sorting for Circularity in Textiles (ACT UK)