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The pan-European TRUSTex project, promoted by the EU through the Horizon Europe programme, starts
22-01-2025
This week the TRUSTex ‘Advancing Sustainable Textiles in the Circular Economy through Innovative EPR Schemes’, promoted by the European Union within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme, has started.
Humana Fundación Pueblo para Pueblo is one of the 18 organisations from 10 European countries that participate in it.
The project, which will run until the end of 2027, has as its main objective to evaluate strategies and formulate recommendations that analyse the viability of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes in the textile sector, determining possible weaknesses and proposing innovative solutions.
On 21 and 22 January, the meeting that started the project took place in Luxembourg. Rafael Mas, Director of Projects and Institutional Relations, and Paula Blázquez, Ecosystem Services Specialist, participated on behalf of Humana. TRUSTex is part of the development of the Waste Framework Directive, the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
The Luxembourg Institute of Science ond Technology LIST is the coordinator of the action, which has a total budget of 7.6 million euros, of which 6.9 million come from the EU contribution as a financier.
EPR, an opportunity to promote the circular economy and sustainability
Textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes represent a pivotal opportunity for the European Union to implement circular business models and solidify its position as a global sustainability leader within the textile industry. In the pursuit of this transformative goal, TRUSTex leverages invaluable insights from industrial partners and meticulous guidance from retail experts on the Stakeholder Board.
The project's primary focus is to test strategies and formulate recommendations that analyze the feasibility of EPR schemes, pinpointing weaknesses, and proposing solutions. TRUSTex adopts a holistic approach to cover the pivotal EPR activities; collection, sorting, reuse, and recycling.
According to Rafael Mas, 'this project has great potential and comes at the right time, just when EPR in the textile sector has begun to develop.
For Humana, it is very important to participate in a project of this magnitude, as it offers us the opportunity to share our knowledge and experience, which can be very useful in defining EPR systems in Europe.
When it comes to establishing the rules of the game in the field of extended producer responsibility - Mas continues - the EU demands indicators and management models that work.
This is where Humana Fundación Pueblo para Pueblo and the rest of the Humana People to People partners in Europe can contribute their experience when designing policies that defend waste and reuse in the South, to safeguard the right to clothing and the sustainability of the used textile system itself.
