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Textile & Apparel Circularity Week to bring together innovators and leaders

Friday 17. October 2025 - As pressure mounts on the textile & apparel supply chain to counter its detrimental e ects on the environment, the industry seeks actionable pathways to improve its circular practices and meet regulatory requirements.

WTiN’s week-long virtual conference will bring together industry leaders and innovators to explore circularity across the textile & apparel supply chain, looking at key themes including circular materials, production technologies and techniques, business models, transparency, textile-to-textile recycling and digital product passports.
As such, World Textile Information Network (WTiN) is hosting a week-long virtual conference Textile & Apparel Circularity Week to explore circularity across the design process, material usage, production technologies, business models, textile-to-textile recycling, transparency and digital product passports.
Taking place from 17-21 November 2025, this critical virtual conference will delve into the burgeoning demand and latest advancements in circular solutions, o ering a vital platform for industry leaders, innovators and researchers to share insights and foster collaboration to encourage true closed-loop solutions in the supply chain.
The textile & apparel industry is at a pivotal moment, with circularity no longer an aspiration but a strategic imperative. Textile & Apparel Circularity Week o ers a comprehensive programme designed to equip delegates with the knowledge and connections needed to thrive in this evolving landscape. Each day of the conference will be led by a key theme:
• Designing for circularity and incorporating recycled and recyclable materials
• Circular production: the reuse of water, energy and manufacturing ingredients
• Textile-to-textile recycling: materials, technologies and business models
• The global trade of textile waste and reverse logistics
Digital product passports, regulations and compliance
Participants will immerse themselves in a full week of in-depth learning and collaboration with a robust agenda including:
• Diverse presentations – Hear from leading experts on the latest advancements and challenges
• Engaging panel sessions – Participate in dynamic discussions on critical industry topics
• Practical workshops – Gain hands-on insights and develop actionable strategies
In addition to an exclusive Event Report delivered to delegates post-event – featuring circularity- focused news, interviews and analysis – the conference is also o icially CPD accredited, and provides sponsors with enhanced credibility and reputation through alignment with professional standards and for attendees, giving formal validation of quality and tangible bene ts. Delegates also achieve professional recognition and career development through a trusted and structured learning format.
Meet our Event Partners
We’re honoured to announce our Event Partners – two industry leaders driving real change toward a circular future.
• Interloop Limited: As a pioneer in the hosiery industry and one of its largest global suppliers, Interloop has now grown into a multi-category manufacturing company. Interloop is a vertically integrated, full family clothing supplier of hosiery, denim, knitted apparel and seamless activewear for world leading brands and retailers. Starting
humbly with 10 knitting machines in 1992, the company has established itself as a trusted partner known for its ethical and sustainable practices. Today with 34,000+ people, presence in six countries, Interloop is proud to be leading the way in responsible manufacturing meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance.
• loopamid (BASF): With loopamid, BASF has developed an innovative solution to improve circularity in the fashion industry and recycle polyamide 6 textile waste. Due to its capability to tolerate all fabric mixtures, like PA6 and elastane, the cutting-edge technology behind loopamid allows textile-to-textile recycling of post-industrial and post-consumer textile waste. The bres and materials can be recycled over multiple cycles. At the same time, the material characteristics are identical to those of conventional virgin polyamide. loopamid is certi ed to the Global Recycling Standard (GRS).

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