The 5th community building event on “Recycling Textile Waste and Circular Economy” took place on 12-04-2024 with the participation of experts on recycling, upcycling and circular economy practices in Greece. The event was organised by the Athens Chamber of Small and Medium sized Industries- ACSMI- leading coordinator of “EcofashionEU- Promoting the sustainability of small and medium textile and fashion manufacturers.”
The speakers of the event were:
- Adamantios Skordilis from Circula Innovative Solutions
- Georgios Arapis from the recycling company Recycom
- Danai Ntanaka from the upcycling second hand shops- Kiloshop Greece
- Kostas Niavradakis from Cash for Clothes
- Eleftheria Farmaki from Texcycle (recycling company)
- Georgios Priniotakis, Professor at the Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica
Stefanos Komninos, consultant of ASCMI, Dimitris Homatidis, expert on circular economy from the Green Fund, Ministry of Environment and Energy also participated. The event was introduced by Ilias Tsimpas, member of ACSMI administrative committee.
Some of the issues discussed were:
🔰 Current challenges in the building of a coordinated system of alternative textile waste recycling, implementing law 4819/2021
🔰 Difficulties in the separate sorting of recycling waste and the handling of synthetic fibers
🔰 The points of contact between recycling and upcyling
🔰 The technologies necessary for an alternative handling of textile waste
Below you watch the event (in Greek)