11 January 20236 January 2023 EU countries prepare for textile recycling big bang A 2021 report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre found that around 4-6% of the EU’s overall environmental footprint can be traced back to textiles
4 May 20151 May 2015 Study into Dutch ‘plastic soup’ launched following STW investment New project with scientists from Wageningen UR and Utrecht University to develop new methods and acquiring knowledge on plastic pollution
29 January 201528 January 2015 Netherlands: Achmea will use waste as a resource and energie source Company's vision is that by 2016 at least 80% of total waste as raw material is recycled and the remaining waste used entirely to generate energy
9 January 20157 January 2015 Netherlands: Clothing made of hemp a big step closer StexFibers with Texperium jointly to process hemp into a new intermediate textile product
11 December 201410 December 2014 Netherlands: Green Deal Grasses & Crops wins Runner Up Award 2014 Various components of grasses and plants to be applied as high as possible
26 November 201425 November 2014 Green Deal signed Commodities factory Dutch initiative to (re)gaining valuable raw materials from waste water
