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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Incredible week in Antwerp at @Ecosystex 2026! 🌍 The Circular Textile Cluster is proud to push circularity beyond just recycling. Check out these captured moments featuring @CIRCULA-TEX & @SORT4CIRC. Great collaborating with @CISUTAC, @SOLSTICE & more. Let's keep the momentum going! 🧵♻️

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tomorrow, STREP is heading to Valencia for the EU Textiles Product Passport Conference 2026! 🇪🇸🧵 Rabia Hassan will be representing our partner Aalborg University to explore tech, readiness, and opportunities ahead of the 2027 DPP regulations. ♻️ Register: www.eutextilesdppconference.com

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wrapping up ChemRec II! 🇵🇹 Pics: Antoine Vardon presenting "GLYCOLYSIS TOWARD ELASTANE RECYCLING" & our STREP poster. ♻️ By: Antoine, Jan Snow, Pavel Kuráň, Lucie Oravová, Rudi Nielsen & Morten Enggrob Simonsen. Thanks to our consortium, partners & attendees! See you next year! 👋

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy belated #SewingMachineDay🪡 Celebrating textile repair and skills-based circularity with partner Wonneberger Manufaktur. As Jörn Wonneberger says: "Should one of our products ever develop a fault, we’ll ask the customer to send it to us and we’ll repair it so it doesn’t end up in the bin."♻️🧵

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our partner Reutlingen University just celebrated a record €10M in research funding, highlighting STREP's vital work on AI, sensor tech, and new recycling methods for the textile circular economy! ♻️👕 Full PR here: www.reutlingen-university.de/aktuelles/ne...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Great news! 🎉 Our abstract "GLYCOLYSIS TOWARD ELASTANE RECYCLING" has been accepted for ChemRec II! Rudi P. Nielsen & Morten E. Simonsen (AAU) will represent the STREP project in Porto, Portugal, from Sept 13-17, 2026. 🇵🇹 To know more: engconf.org/conferences/...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Even the most advanced, automated systems need some time to "unwind"! 🧵♻️ Recylo wishes all our partners, innovators, and followers a fantastic and restful vacation! ☀️🌊 See you in September, ready to trace the threads of innovation once again!

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

DISSOLVA (Ditte Højland & Anna Tode) had an inspiring time at the Textiles Recycling Expo 2026 in Brussels! 🌍♻️ Representing STREP, we explored emerging tech in textile sustainability and caught up with partners from NewRetex, Reutlingen Uni, and CuRe Technology. 🙌 Check out the moments below! 👇📸

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🌍 Partner Spotlight #6: Danijel Petrovic from Quantox! 🇩🇪🇷🇸 We dive into their role in STREP & several important topics: ♻️ Building an "Amazon" for textile waste? 💻 Connecting old clothes to global recyclers via software 📊 Why data is as vital as fabric! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLMA...

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Partner's Spotlight: Quantox interview

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

As of last week, large EU companies can't destroy unsold clothes & shoes!! Under new ESPR rules, businesses must prioritize selling, donating, or repairing unsold items. With up to 594,000 tonnes of textiles previously destroyed every year before use, this is a massive win for the environment. 🌍♻️

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

At 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙋, we track #EU textile recycling! ♻️ From mushroom leather 🍄 & chemical recycling 👕 to blockchain traceability 🔗, a circular economy is scaling fast. See the 9 Horizon projects driving this change here: 👇 cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4....

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The future of textiles: achieving a circular economy

The textile industry, while being fundamental to the economy, is both a major consumer of resources and significant emitter of greenhouse...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New blog post! 📢 We’re helping the textile industry become more transparent and circular. Through the STREP project, Zentrix Lab is developing a secure Digital Product Passport (DPP) using DLT to optimize textile recycling. 🧵♻️ Read the full story: zentrixlab.com/developing-d....

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

☀️ 𝘿𝙄𝘿 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒? The biggest barrier to textile recycling is invisible: missing data. 🤔 To fix the circular economy, info must be as reusable as the materials! STREP is building this digital backbone with APIs, Blockchain & Digital Product Passports. 💪👇 streproject.eu

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

STREP was at the Textile Recycling Expo in 🇧🇪 with NewRetex A/S's live sorting line! ♻️ Takeaways from Sarah Frank (RTU): 🍄 Fungi/mycelium trending to degrade fibers in blends 🧵 Reverse Resources yarn perfect for dissolution recycling 📊 Standardization gap = major opportunity! 👗

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We had an incredible time at the Textile Recycling Expo in Brussels (June 24-25)! 🇧🇪♻️ NewRetex showcased our live state-of-the-art textile sorting line, demonstrating the future of circular fashion and high-quality recycling flows. 🔗Read more about the expo here: recyclingeurope.org/event/textil...

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AUTOLOOP Project @autoloop-project.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Excited to be in Brussels today at the #TextilesRecyclingExpo together w Thomas Fehn fr the coordination team at @fraunhoferumsicht.bsky.social. Don't miss his talk! #RecycledTextiles #AUTOLOOP #EUHorizon

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Circularity starts at the design phase! ♻️🧵 Our #STREP partners at Wonneberger Manufaktur explain why joining technologies, from 100% mono-materials to thermally dissolvable threads, are the real key to recyclable textiles. 📖 Read the new blog post: streproject.eu/joining-tech...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If cheap oil flows freely again, why bother with Textile-to-Textile recycling? ♻️ Josse Kunst (CuRe Technology) breaks down why circularity is an urgent geopolitical & climate necessity, not a gimmick. A great, vital read: streproject.eu/fashion-shou...

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AUTOLOOP Project @autoloop-project.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Together we will share findings through joint webinars, collaborative newsletters, and open industry insights across all six projects. What do you see as the biggest barrier to textile circularity in Europe? Let us know in the comments. #HorizonEU #CircularTextileCluster ##AUTOLOOP

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

On June 24th & 25th, STREP participated in 𝘿𝙋𝙋4𝙀𝙐 2026 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, represented by 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙠 (NewRetex). The event counted on 110 industry leaders, policymakers, and European Commission representatives to discuss the future of the circular economy. ♻️ Thank you to everyone who connected with us! 🌱

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Partner's Spotlight Interview #5: with DISSOLVA ♻️👕 In the 5th edition of the STREP Spotlight Interview series, we sit down with Ditte Højland, Founder and CEO at DISSOLVA, to break down the science of circular fashion. 🎥 Catch the full interview on our channel: 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXpM...

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Partner's Spotlight: DISSOLVA Interview

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

STREP is heading to the Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels at the end of the month(June 24-25)!🇧🇪♻️ Come meet NewRetex at their booth, while partners RTU, DISSOLVA, and CuRe navigate the expo to connect with industry pioneers solving textile waste. Let's shape a more sustainable industry together!👋

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

New Blog: Lydia Kane explains how Kapdaa is tackling Europe's 5M tonne textile waste using AI.🤖 With their 'Ai4Fibres' tech, Kapdaa sorts complex mixed fabrics on-site & transforms fashion waste into high-performance materials for aerospace & construction industries! streproject.eu/beyond-recyc...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

♻️ Join #STREP and eight other EU-funded projects from F6S Innovation for this collaborative webinar. 🗓️ Date: June 16, 2026 ⏰ Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM CET 📍 Where: Online Secure your spot and see a nature-friendly economy in action! 👉 Register here: www.f6s.com/green-bluepr....

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🚀 OUT NOW: 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙋 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 #2! 🚀 We are very glad to share with everyone the second edition of the STREP LinkedIn Newsletter! ♻️ Check it out here 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/strep-....

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! 🇪🇺✨ On Saturday, May 9th, we celebrated 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙮. At 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙋, we are proud to embody these European values every day to revolutionise #textile #circularity and shape a greener future. 🧵 Let's keep the spirit of Europe Day alive 🌍🤝

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Flashback to last month’s Digital Transformation Summit in Madeira!🏝️💻 Our speaker, Aneta Kartali from Zentrix Lab, hit the stage to discuss the technical side of sustainability. How do AI & Digital Twins solve the textile waste problem?🧵 Read the written interview 🔗 streproject.eu/zentrix-labs...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🚀 STREP Partner's Spotlight: Ep. 4 We’re in Spain with Cecilia Escobar from #CIRCE talking environmental impact & real-world scaling! 🇪🇸 Questions: • Is recycling always "green"? • Lab vs. Messy Factories 🏭 • Next-gen Cotton Recycling 👕 📺 Watch & Subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fzE....

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬: Sarah Frank & Katerina Rose from Reutlingen University discuss the future of Eco-Design & Smart Manufacturing! 👚 ♻️ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲? Find out the answers! 📺 Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfHn....

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

By July 2026, EU rules will ban the destruction of unsold fashion. No more burning or landfilling brand-new clothes. ♻️ But where does that unsold stock go? 💫 Discover in the Press Release below: streproject.eu/wp-content/u...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍 A day to protect our planet by ending waste, starting with our clothes! 👕♻️ How is STREP solving the textile crisis? 🦎✨ 🤖 AI Sorting: Auto-removing zippers & buttons. 🧪 Eco-Recycling: Enzymes to recover 100% of fibers. 🛰️ Traceability: Digital passports to stop landfill waste.

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Amazing time at the Digital Transformation Summit in Madeira! 🌊 Aneta from #STREP shared our work on textile recycling. Loved discussing AI & circularity with I4AITEX, TEXP@CT, tExtended, R3GROUP & INNDIH. Huge thanks to everyone who came, hope you love the STREP merch! 👕♻️

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

THIS WEEK IN MADEIRA! 🧵♻️ Join us April 15th for the #STREP workshop: "Weaving Interoperability: AI, Digital Twins, & Digital Product Passports for Circular Textiles." Aneta Kartali (Zentrix Lab) dives into RFID & ML for a sustainable industry. 🇵🇹 See you at the Digital Summit! 🌊

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Our partner KAPDAA (Nish Parekh) just wrapped at AI Summit 2026 in Delhi, showcasing textile recovery at the British Pavilion. 🇮🇳🇬🇧 By engaging w/ the Ministry of Textiles & UK Deputy PM David Lammy, they’ve put STREP project mission, AI-driven recycling, at the center of international trade policy!

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Excited to announce Aneta Kartali (Zentrix Lab/STREP) is speaking at the Digital Transformation Summit in Madeira! 🇵🇹 Join us Apr 15 for our workshop: "Weaving Interoperability: AI, Digital Twins & DPPs for a Circular Textile Value Chain" 🧵♻️ Thanks UNINOVA! Will you be there?

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Welcome to another Did You Know? fact with Recylo, the chameleon of textile recycling! 🦎♻️ Did you know many systems save #polyester but destroy the #cotton in the process? That’s a massive material loss. 📉 Want the solution? Check the next page! ➡️

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

About the 3rd Consortium Meeting at Reutlingen University! 🇩🇪 We moved from screens to TEXOVERSUM Sustainability Lab to dive deep into: 🔹 Eco-design & trim detection 🔹 Digital Product Passports 🔹 Future textile recycling machinery Read the full blog with our progress: streproject.eu/3rd-consorti...

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3rd Consortium Meeting in Reutlingen University – STREP

A resume of our wonderful 2 days together at the 3rd STREP Consortium Meeting in Reutlingen

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

New Blog Post: Contaminants in Textile Recycling: Understanding Their Fate, Detection and Elimination 🧵🔄 by Jan Snow from UJEP, one of the STREP Partners. Check out the full analysis for the STRE project: streproject.eu/contaminants...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

In our second STREP 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, we sat down with Andreas Lehmann Enevoldsen from NewRetex A/S in Denmark 🇩🇰 to discuss the future of automated hardware removal. Watch the full interview: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LS_....

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Partner's Spotlight: NewRetex Interview

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The STREP project blog is back with a look inside the labs at RTU! 🧪🧵 Partners Sarah Frank & Katerina Rose are proving that "recycled" doesn't mean compromised. By testing thickness, mass, and pilling resistance, they’re creating the industry’s standard overview.♻️ 🔗 streproject.eu/inside-the-r...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Check out our first Partner Spotlight interview with Project Coordinator Iskra Dukovska-Popovska. We discuss managing 13 European partners and the path to 100% recycled clothes. 🧵♻️ Watch and subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4jm...

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Partner's Spotlight: AAU interview

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Last week, STREP partners gathered in Denmark 🇩🇰 for an intensive Work Package 3 technology mapping workshop. ♻️ Hosted by NewRetex A/S and DISSOLVA, it brought together experts from Aalborg University, CuRe, UJEP, and RTU to deep-dive into the textile recycling loop. 👖 👕

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

EU ban on destroying unsold clothes is officially here!🚫 This is the legislative "green light" for STREP & CIRPASS-2. By tracking journeys via Digital Product Passports & using AI-driven recycling, we're helping brands turn potential waste into high-performance fibers. Full story: lnkd.in/e8VqPn23

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Did you know? The more we recycle, the harder it gets. 🧵 Small-scale sorting is easy, but industrial-scale waste is a "chaos stream" of blends, spandex, and chemicals. The fix? Modular Recycling. 🧱 Think of LEGO for the planets swappable "plug-and-play" units that can handle any fabric DNA.

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Inside the future of textile recycling. 🧵 Our partner #NewRetex is showing us how they’ve automated the "un-sortable." This walkthrough of their facility highlights: 🤖 Feeding robots 🛰️ Advanced sensor packages 🏗️ Precision conveyor sorting. Proud to be working together under the #STREP banner!

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

#DidYouKnow? Most clothes end up in landfills because their "identity" is lost. Labels fade, but data lasts forever. 🧵 We’re exploring Digital Material Passports: high-res scans that create "digital twins" of fabrics. In 3min, we can map a textile’s DNA from its stretch to its chemical finish. 🧪✨

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The January #STREP blog is out! 🧵 Jovan Najdic (Quantox Technology) explores why "information" is the biggest barrier to textile recycling. See how we're building the digital infrastructure to turn textile waste into a traceable resource. 🔗 streproject.eu/the-tech-rev...

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Welcome to the first edition of our new #STREP #DidYouKnow rubric! 🤔 Today’s Fact: Usually, if textile waste is wet or dirty, it’s a problem for recyclers. But for us? It's actually the perfect fuel. Check the images below to find out why! 👇

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We were glad to attend the #ECOSYSTEX Steering Committee yesterday, 21st January! As a new member joining this year, #STREP is ready to contribute to the crucial work discussed regarding the future of textile sustainability. Great to be on board. 🌍♻️

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STREP Project @strep-eu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚? ♻️ That was the core question 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 from the Reutlingen University answered during her pitch for STREP at the recent IHK Expertenforum Textil in Albstadt. 🇩🇪 Did you miss the event? Now more here: veranstaltungen.ihkrt.de/b?p=20251202...

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