Circular workwear can make an important contribution to the great ambitions of the Green Deal Circular Textiles. During the first Meetup Circular workwear, it appears that many players in the chain are already working on the subject and that there is a lot to learn from each other.

Pointer's NPO1 broadcast on 17 May on the road to circular textile clarifies where the major gaps are. Several interviewees provide an open and transparent view. It also shows a distorted picture in parts. Indeed, textiles are the most polluting industry. Converting the enormous mountain of waste from textile to circular solutions has been a process with sky-high ambitions for many years. This market is therefore far from mature and that is precisely why many parties in the Amsterdam region are also working on this complex challenge. Because they believe that things must and can be done differently. But no one can do this alone. Not even the government.

“The problems of our time, such as climate change, cannot be tackled by the government alone. More than ever before, we have to make use of networks of citizens and companies, ”says Board member Jacqueline Cramer in an opinion article in Het Parool.

The Board has been working with a wide range of partners for some time to develop concrete investment propositions for themes such as circular textiles and the Amsterdam region as a bicycle metropolis or other firm agreements for employment and a smart, green and healthy region. Interesting coalitions have now emerged with parties that are actively engaged. To reinforce this, the authorities in the MRA are preparing to make five concrete agreements during the MRA Sustainability Top 2021 in October.