Tim Cross, who founded the Circular Textiles Foundation (CTF), has been on a mission to deliver large-scale post-consumer polyester recycling, and to get as many brands and retailers as possible to engage with designing for circularity.
Through his work with CTF, as well as leading Project Plan B and Project Re:claim, he remains optimistic and enthused about the trajectory of textile recycling – even for those projects which are perhaps more style over substance.
Cross talks to Ecotextile News about the challenges the industry faces – both practically and in terms of an ingrained mindset – as well as looking at the positive breakthroughs on which much of the frequently discussed transition to a circular economy might hinge.
