Media and Events
Webinar: August 15, 2023
The Playbook: Making Used Textiles New Again
Moderated by Founder & President of ACP, Karla Magruder with panelists trial partners Steven Usdan, Co-founder of Giotex, and Jeff Strahan, Director of Research, Compliance, and Sustainability at Milliken & Company, we will dive into how the Playbook helps find solutions to existing problems in textile circularity and identifies gaps to see what is actionable today.
Watch the webinar here.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION: September 14, 2022
61st Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress
The Keys to Recycling: Sorting & Pre-processing
Our Founder, Karla Magruder, will be speaking about The Keys to Recycling: Sorting & Pre-processing at the Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress in Kulturhaus Dornbirn, Austria on September 14th. Register for the event here!
PANEL DISCUSSION: July 21, 2022 1:30 PM EST
Join us at Texworld NYC!
Panel: Circular Re-Thinking:
How Textile-to Textile Recycling Can Make Huge Strides Towards Circularity Within the Textile Industry
Our Director of Operations and Special Projects, Sarah Coulter, will be speaking at the “Circular Re-thinking” panel during Texworld NYC this July where she’ll be discussing the latest on ACP’s textile-to-textile trials and the future of circular thinking.
WEBINAR: May 3, 2022 10:00 AM EST | 4:00 PM CET
Minding the Gaps and Circular Textile-to-Textile Opportunities
Six months into our Accelerating Circularity US pilot phase, how do our stakeholders bridge the gaps and take advantage of the opportunities arising from a circular system of textile-to-textile recycling?
And now that our European pilot phase is about to start, what do we see there after months of researching, mapping and modelling? And what can we expect from our pilots to pressure test the circular system of textile-to-textile recycling?
Join our very own, Janel Twogood, US Project Manager and Petra Schweiger, EU Program Manager in this very interesting conversation.
In the meantime, you may want to revisit our previously published reports in the Intelligence Section.
WEBINAR: March 24, 2022 11:00 AM EST | 5:00 PM CET
Workforce Development in the U.S. Circular Textile Economy
Join us as we discuss findings from our recent report on the impact of circular business models on the future of workforce development within the U.S. textile industry.
March 16 - 17, 2022
Evolving Textiles Conference: Materializing the Future
NC State is hosting its inaugural Evolving Textiles Conference March 16-17, virtually. Featuring speakers from all corners of the globe and aspects of the industry, they will define the current landscape in terms of alternative fibers and circularity in textiles and explore the direction for the future.
February 9, 2022 8 AM EST | 2 PM CET
Webinar: Reverse Resources Platform
Introducing a new digital platform to enhance the scale-up of a circular textile economy.
Webinar: ITMAlive Season 2
Episode 4: Sustainability and Circularity
In this final episode of ITMAlive Season 2, spotlight is casted on the topic of sustainability and circularity which impacts the entire textile value chain. Hear from industry experts discussing why the textile industry needs to move towards a circular way of doing business - a crucial and urgent agenda to build a more sustainable future.
“We believe that it’s critical that we move quickly in order to meet the requirements of the industry as well as the demands of the environment.”
- Karla Magruder
Watch the presentation here.
Presentation: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Challenges to Chemical and Mechanical Recycling of Textiles
Karla Magruder shares insights into how the industry can meet challenges to recycling by working together.
“We look at challenges as opportunities for collaboration and solutions.” - Karla Magruder
Listen to the Podcast here.
PODCAST : BLUE CAST
Waste Not Want Not: Making Sense of the Textile Circular Economy
Be inspired and listen to Karla Magruder and Tricia Carey discuss fashion’s circular future.
“Collaboration really means action” - Karla Magruder
Download the full report
WEBINAR: JULY 27, 2021 11:00 AM EST/5:00 PM CET
ACP Webinar Series: Putting Textiles to Good Use -Join the Trials!
Learn how to join Accelerating Circularity’s commercial textile-to-textile US product trials! Register for our webinar here.
OBJECTIVE: Utilize post-consumer and post-industrial textiles as feedstock for recycling, with output to fiber, yarn, fabric, and ultimately product for market.
WHO CAN JOIN: Collectors/Sorters/Preprocessors, Recyclers, Yarn/Fabric/CMT, Brand/Retailers
WHEN: Now! 2-year long project
WEBINAR: July 27, 2021 11:00 AM EST/5:00 PM CET
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April 14, 2021 11:00 AM EST
ACP Webinar Series: Modeling and Linking Report Launch
“Circularity is a team sport” - Karla Magruder
Sign up for our latest webinar where we will dive into our latest report on Modeling and Linking. Learn about textile use hierarchy, detailed mechanical and chemical recycling requirements, and new links amongst circular economy stakeholders. You will also get a look at three different supply chain textile-to-textile stories.
April 14, 2021 11:00 AM EST
March 23, 2021
Circular City Week New York: Textile-to-Textile Circularity
For circularity to become a reality we have connections to make. Links between circular steps need to be brought together logistically, economically and technically. Each product has interconnected steps with the full supply chain in addition to unique steps. Participate in this session. They will have a conversation about links, provide an example and then work with groups to look at other potential products and where they connect, and why they’re unique.
Panelists:
Tricia Carey, Director Global Business Development, Lenzing
Steven Usdan, Founder, Giotex
Kate Kitchener, Chief of Staff Bureau of Recycling, NYC Department of Sanitation
Lexi Schladenhauffen, Chief Experience Officer, 1888 Mills
Cheryl Smyre, Advanced Materials, Parkdale Mills
March 23, 2021 11:00 AM EST
November 18, 2020
ACP Webinar Series: Research and Mapping Report Launch
Join us for an inside look at our new report, which details the potential for circular supply chains on the East Coast of the United States. It answers the basic questions of why, what, where, who and how materials can become a part of circular, textile-to-textile recycling systems. It includes profiles of spent post-industrial and post-consumer materials, as well as of stakeholders including collectors, sorters, and preprocessors, and chemical and mechanical recyclers.
November 18, 2020 11:00 AM EST
November 17, 2020
Textile Circularity Looks to Scale in the U.S.
Accelerating Circularity Inc. – a new venture funded by a grant from the Walmart Foundation and operating with support from Gap Inc, Nike, Target and VF Corporation – is preparing to launch a pilot textile recycling system on the East Coast. Research Analyst Janel Twogood will share findings from the organization’s new “Research & Mapping Report” along with information about how stakeholders in the textiles supply chain can get involved.
About Material Changes: Thriving on Shifting Ground
This year more than ever, the technology and science that go into home textiles products is critical for success and the well-being of American consumers. Material Changes, the annual conference hosted by Home Textiles Today, is the industry’s only dedicated event that looks at the latest trends in promoting better-made, sustainable, traceable and safer products that address health and wellness.
November 17, 2020 10:15AM EST
November 10, 2020
The Need for Speed
It’s time to Accelerate Circularity. Every year the US creates approximately 17 million tons of textile waste. This is not sustainable even when using sustainable materials and manufacturing processes. Join our panel to learn how circularity can be accelerated through brand demand, scalable recycling technologies and the knowledge of how to collect, sort and convert feedstocks for recycling technology use. There’s no question we have a need for speed in transitioning to a circular supply chain.
Panelists:
Chad Bolick, Global Vice President Brand Sales, Unifi
Tricia Carey, Director Global Business Development, Lenzing
Steven Usdan, Co-Founder, Giotex
Moderator: Karla Magruder, Founder and President, Accelerating Circularity
About Plastic Free World Conference Virtual Summit
Waste plastic in the environment has become a highly challenging environmental issue. Plastic Free World Conference Virtual Summit is North America’s premier conference and exhibition dedicated to discussing new strategies and technical innovations to help create a world free from plastic pollution.
Join experts from a wide range of industries, including the plastics industry, to discuss strategies to eliminate waste plastic, find and source sustainable materials and new bio-based materials, as well as the latest and next-generation innovations to close the loop and create a circular economy.
November 10, 2020 5:50PM CET
November 3, 2020
It Takes All Kinds — Recycling Technologies to Meet Your Circularity Commitments
Breakout Session 2C
It will take all types of recycling to reach the scale necessary to rid textile waste from the world’s landfills. These technologies will also be the producers of choice for preferred fibers and materials. Additionally, this expert panel will provide information on multiple recycling options and the technologies required to reach the industry’s goals to reduce the use of virgin materials, textile waste in landfill and lower our Green House Gas emissions (GHGs). Learn what’s available today and what’s coming that will enable your company to meet your recycling and circularity commitments.
Moderator: Edward Hertzman, Sourcing Journal
Panelists: Tricia Carey, Lenzing - chemical cellulosic recycling
Maurizio Crippa, gr3n - chemical PET recycling
Chad Bolick, Unifi - mechanical PET recycling
Steven Usdan, Giotex - mechanical cotton recycling
November 3, 2020 11:15 AM EST
A recording of this session is now available to registered attendees.
October 22, 2020
Future of Consumption – Who, How, Where?
NEXT TEXTILE is a TEX! by Marketplace Borås event, hosted by Textile Fashion Center in Borås, Sweden. Other stakeholders include Smart Textiles, The Swedish School of Textiles, and Science Park Borås. The event is organized in co-operation with Textile & Fashion 2030's 6th Textile Challenge, addressing Use and Consumption.
Karla Magruder leads a session introducing ACP to European stakeholders in Borås.
October 22, 2020 3:30 PM CET
October 13, 2020
Webinar: On the Road to Accelerating Circularity
The Accelerating Circularity Project will release its research report on how to develop circular supply chains. Developed through research, reports and monthly working group meetings with key industry partners, the report aims to inform discussions about the opportunities and gaps for circularity in its study of USA. Accelerating Circularity Project is funded by a grant from the Walmart Foundation as well as Gap Inc., Target, Nike and VF Corp.
Moderator:
Julie Hughes, President, USFIA
Speakers:
Tricia Carey, Director Global Business Development, Lenzing
Karla Magruder, Founder and Executive Director, Accelerating Circularity Project
Steven Usdan, Co-Founder, Giotex
Alice Hartley, Senior Manager, Sustainable Innovation, Gap Inc.
July 23, 2020
Anthesis Virtual Series: Material Solutions in the Time of Covid
Disruptions from store closings have affected every step of the textile supply chain. These disruptions have resulted in unsold merchandise sitting in stores, warehouses, ports and garment manufacturers. The industry has put huge effort into finding positive solutions on what to do with these garments. James Ewell, Associate Director, Sustainable Chemistry N. America, will moderate a panel discussion among industry leaders who propose solutions to keep these garments at their highest possible use.
July 22, 2020
Webinar: Becoming Circular
Circularity is the next frontier in textile and apparel sustainability. Circularity requires a new perspective on apparel lifecycles, with a focus on eliminating end-of-life waste. The market is already successfully changing the traditional apparel lifecycle with tactics like rental, renewal, resale, and recycling. Join this seminar to hear renowned sustainability experts discuss the circular economy and its effect the apparel industry.
Moderator:
Tricia Carey, Director of Global Business for Apparel, Lenzing Fibers, Inc.
Panelists:
Dr. Christina Raab, Vice President of Strategy and Development, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
Francois Souchet, Lead, Make Fashion Circular, Ellen McArthur Foundation
Karla Magruder, President/Founder, Accelerating Circularity
A recording of this session is available to registered attendees.
July 8, 2020
Retail Industry Leaders Association: Textile Circularity - The Missing Links
Join RILA and RILA’s Retail Innovation Center for a discussion with industry experts on what’s still needed to make meaningful progress towards textile circularity, including actionable opportunities for industry collaboration.
Marisa Adler with Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) will discuss their upcoming "Textile Recovery in the U.S.: A Roadmap to Circularity" white paper and moderate a Q&A with initiative and retail representatives from Accelerating Circularity and the National Recycling Consortium for Fashion, two industry collaborations addressing key gaps in textile circularity, before opening to audience questions.
Attendees will learn:
Key findings from RRS’s upcoming "Textile Recovery in the U.S.: A Roadmap to Circularity" white paper, including trends in retail textile goalsetting and textile circularity information and investment gaps
How two industry initiatives: Accelerating Circularity and the National Recycling Consortium for Fashion are attempting to solve for the missing links in the textile circularity value chain and how retailers can get involved
How retail collaborators involved in these two initiatives decided to engage as part of their broader textile sustainability strategies
June 18, 2020
Sustainable Furnishings Council Sustainability Essentials Webinar: The Textile Circularity Roadmap
Learn from Karla Magruder and James Ewell of Accelerating Circularity about what it will take to effectively recycle our textile waste, fiber, fabric, and finished products included. We will explore the roadmap, and get a look at an open-source tool that can help your company further plug-in to the circular economy, connecting companies with resources and with markets. If you manufacture upholstery materials, make upholstered furniture or specify and use any textile product you will find it useful to understand how this entire value chain works and be inspired to start doing more recycling in your own operation.
Content also includes a synopsis of GREENleaders, the industry's first certified sustainability training course. This webinar is intended to give participants useful information you can begin using in your business immediately as well as answer any questions you may have about getting the most out of SFC membership.
June 17, 2020
Webinar: Challenges, Collaboration, and Circularity
As we seek to reduce environmental impacts, how are we addressing the circularity in textiles? Learn what the non-profit group, Accelerating Circularity, is researching and how supply chain partners are working together to promote the changes to reduce waste.
Karla Magruder, Founder and President, Accelerating Circularity - Moderator
Andrea Venier, CEO , Officina +39
Lucia Rosin, Founder, Meidea
Tricia Carey, Director Global Business Development, Lenzing
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All videos, Chats and Webinar recordings will be also shared on TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE® / BLUE LENZ platforms.
June 16, 2020
ACP Webinar Series: Recycling Post-consumer Textiles: Scaling Demand, Collection, and Logistics
In an ideal world, worn-out clothing and household textiles are used as raw materials for new textile products. In order to do this at scale, we need to address increasing collection, sorting / logistics infrastructure, and market demand. We will host a panel of experts for a discussion on the roles, connections, and needs for scaling the use of post-consumer textiles as recycling feedstocks in circular supply chains.
Hear from industry leaders:
Paul Hussian, Business Development Manager for Waste Management
Peter Majeranowski, President and CEO of Tyton Biosciences
Rick Wolf, CEO of Mednik Riverbend
We will discuss:
The post-consumer textile infrastructure today
The process of sortation, and waste-to-feedstock conversion
Barriers in the current system
Activities and links needed to create post-consumer recycling feedstocks
June 5, 2020
ACP Webinar Series: Post-industrial Textile Recycling in the Circular Economy
Despite the amount of attention that post-consumer apparel textile waste gets in the media, post-industrial sources from a variety of textile sectors offer tremendous material value to the circular economy. They are already semi-aggregated and have the potential to be sorted more cost-effectively than post-consumer materials. So how do we create a more effective system for collecting and recycling post-industrial textiles?
A part of the solution lies in advanced recycling technologies capable of processing a much wider index of materials than traditional mechanical recycling allows. We have invited three experts to give short presentations of their recycling technologies, which will be followed by a discussion amongst all webinar participants about the challenges and opportunities of recycling their post-industrial textiles. A brief introduction will also be given about the Accelerating Circularity Project (ACP) whose mission is to build more circular supply chains for recycling textiles back into textiles.
Guest experts
Unifi - Chad Bolick, Global Vice President Brand Sales
Gr3n - Maurizio Crippa, Founder & CEO
Lenzing - Michael Kininmonth, Project Manager, REFIBRA™
Facilitator - James Ewell, Associate Director, Anthesis on behalf of the ACP
Discussion Topics During the Session
What are some of the advantages of advanced recycling processes?
What level of purity do they require to produce valuable end products?
What materials are ideal feedstocks?
What are the constraints of these technologies?
What’s currently happening to post-industrial textile waste?
What mix of fiber types are available?
How easy or hard is it to sort waste to boost fiber purity?
What are current options for recycling these materials?
April 28, 2020
ACP Webinar Series: Circular Supply Chains Need Post-Consumer Textiles
Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Traci Kinden.
Guest Experts
Karla Magruder, Accelerating Circularity
Eric Stubin, Trans Americas Trading
Adam Baruchowitz, Wearable Collections
Ehsan Johari and Anna Phersson, Texaid
March 19, 2020
Circular City Week - The Need to Accelerate Circularity in Textiles
Accelerating Circularity, a collaborative industry project developed to accelerate the textile industry’s move from linear to circular, shared information on the requirements and capabilities of cellulosic chemical recycling and outlined the types and flows of textile waste that will be the new raw materials for circular supply chains. Participants filled out a survey, that will provide information designed to provide information that will help the move from linear to circular.
March 18, 2020
USFIA/Lenzing Webinar:
The Power of Circularity: Introducing Accelerating Circularity Group
Recycling is a vital initiative to reduce consumption of virgin materials as well as the burden on landfills. But the textile industry can’t stop there. Circularity incorporates recycling but also extends to the emerging perspectives and technologies that will truly make the global supply chain more responsible. Join USFIA for a panel discussion with experts in the fields of textile recycling, sustainability, and circular economy.
Panelists
Tricia Carey, Director Global Business Development Apparel, Lenzing
Karla Magruder, CEO of Fabrikology
Alice Hartley, Senior Manager of Sustainable Innovation, Gap Inc.
Moderator
Julia Hughes, President, USFIA
February 24, 2020
New Apparel Industry Group Kicks
off Project to Eliminate Textile Waste
Accelerating the move from linear to circular
Accelerating Circularity, a new apparel industry collaborative project, announced today the launch of its effort to accelerate the textile industry’s move from linear to circular. With figures from the Environmental Protection Agency showing that 15 million tons of textile waste is generated annually in the United States alone, the textile industry must move from a “take, make, waste” system to a circular one, in order to avoid the massive amounts of textile waste put into landfills annually. The Walmart Foundation provided a grant to Textile Exchange to support the Accelerating Circularity Project. Gap Inc., Target, and VF Corporation are also funding the project and participating in a working group. The project is initially focused on researching, mapping and identifying opportunities to pilot circular supply chains which will be driven by the mechanical and chemical recycling of cotton, viscose and polyester textile waste. These three fibers cover over 80% of all textile fiber production and are therefore important to focus on in order to reduce textile waste. Future phases will use phase 1 data and information to execute pilots and establish new research in other geographies. The Accelerating Circularity founding project partners include Gap Inc., Giotex, Gr3n, Target, VF Corporation, Lenzing, Unifi, Revolve Waste and Fabrikology International, Inc., representing technology providers, fiber manufacturers, and experts in textile waste and supply chains, as well as brands and retailers. “Shifting the apparel industry toward more circular solutions is a complex challenge with significant technical, economic, and business implications. At Gap Inc., we have a responsibility to protect the environment and reduce waste at every stage of our production process – from design, to sourcing, to manufacturing. As we address the full life cycle of our garments, we look forward to working with these partners to collaborate, advance efforts and share learnings with the wider industry for the health of our planet,” said Alice Hartley, Senior Manager of Sustainable Innovation at Gap Inc. and board member of Accelerating Circularity. Accelerating Circularity project partners are ensuring broad stakeholder representation by collaborating with industry organizations on this work including sharing information, amplifying key messages, and the streamlining of efforts. These organizations include American Apparel & Footwear Association, Apparel Impact Institute, Circle Economy, Outdoor Industry Association, Textile Exchange, The Renewal Workshop, and United States Fashion Industry Association. Accelerating Circularity’s board members include, Tricia Carey of Lenzing, Alice Hartley of Gap Inc., Beth Jensen of VF Corporation, Karla Magruder of Accelerating Circularity, Eileen Mockus of Coyuchi, and Laila Petrie of 2050.
Dateline: February 24, 2020
Company info:
Accelerating Circularity is a newly established project with a mission
to create textile to textile supply chains that eliminate textile waste.
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Lead of the Accelerating Circularity Project
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