The Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) is a UKRI funded project that aims to enable the transition to a circular textiles economy through an interdisciplinary approach to research. It combines research into circular supply chains, materials innovation and consumer experience to envision a circular future for the fashion-textiles industry.
Comprising researchers and academics with expertise spanning human-centred design, materials design and science, cognitive neuroscience, sensory interaction design and manufacture, the TCC undertakes research with the aim of turning post-consumer textiles, crop residues and household waste into renewable materials to produce high value textiles.
The Materials Circularity Research Strand proposes an alternative course of action with materials: one in which we solely use waste for clean and on-demand textile production in which materials in garments are designed for longevity, and in which environmental impacts are dramatically reduced.
The Circular Supply Chain Design Research Strand will establish narrow, slow and closed resource flows through better tools for Circular Supply Chains. We will study which novel supply chain configurations and technologies are needed for bio-based textiles circular supply chains.
The Consumer Experience Research Strand will establish a coupling between the resource flow and human wellbeing by building a Product Cultures Lab and a Circular CX Framework with which to design consumer experiences that engage people in interactive, meaningful, co-creative and sustainable ways.
Coordinating the NICER programme, the CE-Hub works with the five Centres, bringing together academics, industry, policy makers and civic society to deliver CE research and innovation. Through collaboration and knowledge sharing, the CE-Hub will establish scientific evidence, tools and methods to support the implementation of a UK circular economy.
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Explore the future of sustainable fashion and textiles 23 February - 21 March 2024
