This report is the final publication of the Fibersort Interreg NWE project. These barriers and success factors are portrayed through case studies of organisations across the textiles value chain active in implementing solutions to enable a thriving end-of-use for textiles.

The three key barriers highlighted by the report are:
 

1. Making recycling the new norm by exploring socio-cultural barriers. The fact that there needs to be more urgency in appropriately handling the growing mountain of textiles must be addressed. Also, the negative perception of recycled clothes should be addressed.
2. Creating new materials from post-consumer textiles: overcoming physical barriers by maximising the quality and consistency of inputs, but also safeguarding the value of the sorted materials.
3. Making recycling a sound business choice: reducing economic barriers by accelerating the development and implementation of recycling technologies and ensuring price parity of recycled and virgin materials.

The report provides actions and recommendations towards policymakers, manufacturers, collectors and sorters, and recyclers which they can implement to address these barriers. Some examples for local/regional policymakers include optimising collection methods and informing citizens on how to dispose of textiles, assessing current textile strategies to ensure the right incentives are created, and assessing the potential of sheltered workshops for hardware removal. Cities and regions can assess which recommendations fit their local context, and thus can support the implementation of Circular Systemic Solutions that focus on a textiles value chain.