READY The local R&D factory for a global circular textile industry

Professionshøjskolen VIA University College

READY will pursue textile-to-textile recycling, spearheaded by the Danish textile companies Mascot, Bestseller, and Kvadrat. The continuously growing textile production has approximately doubled during the last 15 years and is today responsible for 1.2 bill. tons CO2-eq globally. The Danish textile industry wants to transform to a circular economy, but recycled fibers suitable for new textile products are in practice not available commercially. In recent years, a broad range of technologies producing recycled feedstocks and local bio-based fibers have emerged. However, most of these technologies are currently at a maximum TRL of 5, as they do not produce feedstocks meeting requirements for production of new textiles.

READY will overcome this key barrier by establishing a digital textile R&D factory, allowing development of recycled and local bio-based feedstocks into new textile products. This is done via digital co-optimization of the critical production processes combined with material-driven design strategies. The new textile products will be evaluated through sustainability and economic assessments and implemented through new circular business models tailored to the individual commercial partners. READY holds the potential for reducing CO2-eq emissions of up to 230.000 tons, while concurrently expanding the market share of the project partners with up to 5 % resulting in more than 1.7 bill. DKK value capture.

Key figures

Periode:

2023 - 2026

Bevillingsår:

2022

Egen finansiering:

11,91 mio.

Støttebeløb:

17,57 mio.

Støtteprocent:

60 %

Projektbudget:

29,49 mio.

Kategori

Program

Innovationsfonden

Fælles overordnet teknologiområde

Bio og affald

Keywords

Cirkulær økonomi

Journalnummer

2105-00029A

Deltagere

Professionshøjskolen VIA University College (Main Responsible)

Partner og Økonomi

Partner	Tilskud	Eget bidrag
Teknologisk Institut	2.52 mio.	1.68 mio.
MASCOT INTERNATIONAL A/S	1.47 mio.	3.20 mio.
BESTSELLER A/S	0.68 mio.	2.03 mio.
KVADRAT A/S	0.61 mio.	0.92 mio.
Textile Change ApS	0.90 mio.	0.74 mio.
HAACK Recycling ApS	0.18 mio.	0.41 mio.
Sontex DK	0.37 mio.	0.85 mio.
Kjellerup Væveri	0.29 mio.	0.67 mio.
Professionshøjskolen VIA University College	4.50 mio.	0.50 mio.
Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering (KADK)	1.80 mio.	0.20 mio.
Syddansk Universitet	1.80 mio.	0.20 mio.
Aalborg Universitet	1.35 mio.	0.15 mio.
Den Erhvervsdrivende Fond Lifestyle & Design Cluster	1.12 mio.	0.37 mio.