CIRCULARITY WORKSHOPS + WEBINARS

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The CIRCULARITY Workshops and Webinars are step-by-step series designed to work through the industry specific steps to implement circular economy strategies.  

We deliver hands-on systems change workshops for people working in the fashion and uniform industry and the resource recovery industry with the goal to create meaningful collaborations and support the upcoming delivery of a National Clothing Product Stewardship Scheme.

Plus support organisations who are planning to submit a grant application to the Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre (CEBIC), second round of the Recycling Victoria Business Support Fund. 

Our aims are to provide jobs for disability and social enterprises plus skilled and smart tech job and training opportunities, circular economy innovation and local manufacturing.  

3 x UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

• CIRCULARITY #3 is for Councils, companies, charities and communities.  How to create a Circular Textile Waste Service.

• CIRCULARITY #4 - AEST is for fashion and uniform designers.  DESIGN A PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP SCHEME + LINK TO SMART MATERIALS PASSPORT SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE SHOWCASE  + CIRCULAR DESIGN RESOURCE RECOVERY

• CIRCULARITY #4 - EUROPE CEST.  DESIGN A PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP SCHEME + LINK TO SMART MATERIALS PASSPORT SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE SHOWCASE  + CIRCULAR DESIGN RESOURCE RECOVERY

CIRCULARITY #3 is for Councils, companies, charities and communities. 

TUESDAY 7th AND THURSDAYS  9th JUNE  

9.30AM TO 2.30PM (AEST)  - ONLINE WORKSHOP 

The Circular Centre's workshop offers organisations the ability to create and connect to existing  resource recovery solutions for "unwearable and unusable" garments and textiles plus link to providers and share insights into new innovations to come.    

The workshop shows step-by-step solutions to help facilitate local networks to create circular textile waste systems, data collection, links to a smart tech solutions to increase efficiency, collection strategies and transport logistics, existing and upcoming circular steams for remanufacturing and unique circular economy innovations for "waste" garments and commercial textiles.  

• We present Case Studies from the Mosman Council's Circular Textile Waste Service pilot. 
• Plus the Virgin Australia uniforms + workwear service, 
• General Pants Co. + Circular Denim Redesign collaboration and 
• AFI Branding and Coritex circular bulk commercial textile service.  

These projects were funded through the NSW Environment Protection Authority Waste Less Recycle More Circulate initiative funded from the Waste Levy.  

Delivered by Alison Jose, Director of the Circular Centre and STSC. Sustainable Textile Supply Chain 

and   

Ginia Chu, Project Manager and Fabric Developer for the Circular Centre.  

Special guest speakers Lucy Tomassini of LOOP UPCYCLING  and Julian Lowe of Coritex.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CIRCULARITY #3 WORKSHOP

PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE

CIRCULARITY #4 WORKSHOP is a "how-to" workshop providing pathways for fashion and uniform designers and businesses to create their own their own Product Stewardship Scheme.  

DESIGN A PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP SCHEME + LINK TO SMART MATERIALS PASSPORT SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE SHOWCASE  + CIRCULAR DESIGN RESOURCE RECOVERY

20-22 July 2022. Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) 

10am - 5pm 2 1/2 day workshops Sydney + Online   PURCHASE TICKETS  

27-29 JULY 2022. Central European Summer Time (CEST) 

8.30am-11.30am 3 days x 3 hours per day.  Online workshop  PURCHASE TICKETS 

Circular economy solutions for fashion and uniforms from fibres to resource recovery.  Share existing and upcoming solutions for circular design resource recovery including repurposing into new remanufactured circular material streams plus data collection and links to a Smart Materials Passport via RFiD Thread.  

Delivered by Alison Jose, Director of the Circular Centre and STSC. Sustainable Textile Supply Chain - plus showcase hundreds of sustainable textiles to order.

and
Ginia Chu, Project Manager and Fabric Developer who will conduct a special session on stretch textile and construction workshop plus manufacturing local and/or offshore.

Special guest speakers 

- Gordon Renouf, CEO of Good On You, 

- Pete Smit, Founder and CEO of Style Atlas 

 - Digital printing with Candice Ferriera, of Parlour Printing in Melbourne.  

LEARN MORE ABOUT CIRCULARITY #4 WORKSHOP