The 'Technical Report Denim Deal' provides analysis for the following parts of the value chain:

• Textile Collection
• Sorting
• Mechanical Recycling
• Yarn spinning
• Dyeing
• Weaving
• Garment production & Retail
• Regulation for a Circular Economy

The 'Lessons of the Denim Deal 2020-2023' summarises the following lessons learned:

1. It is possible to produce new denim garments with POCR-cotton and scale this.
2. It is important to recognize the interconnected and collaborative nature of the value chain.
3. It is important to create a "movement" to achieve the necessary steps and inspire and involve more players within the industry.
4. Creating a safe space for communication and knowledge sharing is highly valuable.
5. The Denim Deal has come with certain challenges. These include the cost issues associated with production and the expectations that brands hold regarding price and aesthetics. It takes time to implement and phase out styles without POCR. Switching current denim qualities to POCR cotton versions has been a massive undertaking.
6. Transparency and traceability are crucial in the movement towards circular denim. A transparent system can help ensure the quality and standard of products made with higher levels of post-consumer waste.
7. It has to become financially easier for stakeholders to participate in post-consumer textile waste recycling once this was invested in.

This green deal offers various reports which can be relevant for cities and regions working on CSSs related to textile recycling, and more specifically denim recycling. The inclusion of blended (denim) textiles makes these reports unique, as mixed textile recycling is more complex and difficult than unblended textiles. These reports are created by the Denim Deal whose consortium composition can also be inspirational for both public and private actors in the textile sector, such as textile waste processing companies, fiberers, spinners, weavers, manufacturers, brand owners and retailers. As such, these reports can help cities and regions in the Mapping and Designing phases of their CSS deployment.

For instance, the 'Technical Report Denim Deal' summarises the state of the art in using post-consumer recycled cotton in denim. As a background to that, the report covers various recycling methods and processes. These technical analyses can help cities and regions who are interested in better understanding what textile recycling entails, and which stakeholders to engage at what stage. This report can be found here.

Another example report is the 'Lessons of the Denim Deal 2020-2023'. This document providess insights into the composition of the consortium of the Denim Deal project, with all its relevant stakeholders, such as their committee and working groups, and how the deal was monitored. Moreover, the key takeaways of the project are also summarised in this document. As such, it can be useful in all phases of CSS deployment for those who are inspired by this initiative and would like to replicate it in their own locality. This document can be found here.