DPPs’ potential to unlock textile circularity ‘at risk’

BRUSSELS - Digital product passports (DPPs) risk missing their potential to unlock large-scale textile-to-textile recycling unless EU policymakers prioritise data needs and tackle low levels of digitisation in the value chain, a new report warns.

The policy brief from PESCO‑UP – a four‑year EU‑funded project led by Finland’s VTT – is developing recycling routes and new raw materials from mixed polyester/cotton (PES/CO) wastes, one of the most common yet hardest‑to‑recycle textile streams.