Chapter 1 — full chapter
Chapter 1. Circular Textile Systems: Materials, Processes & Flows
This chapter introduces the foundations of circular textile systems. Learners explore why the transition from a linear to a circular model matters, the butterfly diagram, the 6R framework, a global roadmap, and the main environmental, social and economic challenges facing the textile and fashion sector.
In this chapter:
- 1.1 Why Transition to Circular Textile Systems?
- 1.2 The butterfly diagram for Fashion
- 1.3 The 6R Framework: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink, Refuse, and Repair.
- 1.4 A Global Roadmap
- 1.5 Key environmental, social and economic challenges
- 1.6 Implementation challenges and opportunities