THE ONLY ONLINE EVENT "PETCORE EUROPE institutional EU Polyester Textile Circularity Summit"

JOIN US ON THE 2ND OF DECEMBER 2025.  

Don't miss your chance and register today! Textile SIG of PETCORE EUROPE, the Brussels-based polyester value chain association, is hosting an online webinar dedicated to the latest developments in TEXTILE Polyester recycling.

This event will provide insights into advancements in mechanical, depolymerization and sorting technologies, while also exploring the challenges of scaling the necessary collection & sorting quantities through the recycling process.

We will also take an opportunity to evaluate the feasibility of aligning these initiatives with EU regulatory goals.

THE Agenda & Speakers: 

Session 1

13:15-13:25 Opening & Strategic Context political & industrial framing by

Alain Pointcheval (REJU), Christian-Yves Crépet & Raphaël Jaumotte (PETCORE EUROPE)

Session 2

13:25-15:30 Is Europe Enabling or Blocking Circularity? Moderated by Alain Pointcheval (REJU)     

13:25-14:00   REGULATION STEEERING THE TRANSITION EFFECITVELY                           

A. EU Commission - Regulatory Alignment between ESPR, Digital Product Passport (DPP), Harmonised Textile EPR, and the Future Industrial Sustainable Polyester Framework (ISPR) – 15 mins TBC

B. AMI – 10 mins TBC

C. IFPEN — Regulatory prerequisites for viable industrial deployment of advanced textile polyester recycling – 10 mins TBC

14:00-14:30 EU IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS MODELS                                

1.           REFASHION (France EPR Scheme) (tbc) — Best-practice model: voluntary high-performing collection & preparation system already at industrial scale – 10 mins

2.           Nouvelles Fibres Textiles (Antoine Saint-Pierre) — First fully integrated EU industrial model: from automated sorting & preparation to spinning / weaving – 10 mins

3.           GR3N (Maurizio Crippa) — Entering industrial deployment: remaining regulatory obstacles & required enabling conditions – 10 mins

14:30-15:10 Investment Outlook — Financial Institutions Ready to Deploy Capital into Textile Circularity Moderated by Invest NL (Guy de Sevaux)  

1.           Invest NL (Guy de Sevaux)— Investment expectations: what financial institutions need to deploy capital at EU scale – 10 mins

2.           Accelerating Circularity: uncaptured feedstock, a strategic opportunity to activate now – 10 mins

3.           Inditex View // finance part. Or H&M – 10 mins

4.           PETCORE EUROPE (Christian Crepet) Turning Investment into Real-World Action. Why EU-Level Coordination is Now Critical. From the Proven French Collection & Preparation Model to the Urgent Need for EU Synchronization. – 10 mins

15:10-15-30   Roundtable, Q&A1 & conclusion of this segment: All Speaker 30 mins       

15:30-15:45   COFFEE BREAK        

Session 3

15:45 – 17:10     Industrial Technology Update ( 5 minutes per presentation)

Each company must address: TRL & capacity, sites, feedstock & quality requirements, regulatory barriers, positive EU impact, and 1 flagship action call."

Session 4                                                                      

17:10-17:45   Q&A 2 on industrial Tech update                                    

17:45 - 18:00 Wrap-Up & Next Steps: next milestones: Brussels mapping update, policy coordination brief, follow-up EU-level platform action by Alain Pointcheval (REJU), Christian-Yves Crépet & Raphaël Jaumotte (PETCORE EUROPE)