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Pic: Shutterstock Shifting to a full circular clothing industry in the Netherlands will not just impact the environment, but also bring employment benefits, boosting job creation by 25 per cent, as per a new report. The report outlines three circular scenarios a shift in consumption patterns, prioritisation of reuse and repair and upscaling of textile-to-textile recycling.
The prioritisation of reuse and repair has been found to be most beneficial for the job market, according to the report titled
Putting circular textiles to work: The employment potential of circular clothing in the Netherlands by Circle Economy s Circular Jobs Initiative and HIVA - Research Institute for Work and Society. But to realise such a scenario would require bridging current skills gaps, and re- and upskilling workers bringing new careers, from (re)manufacturing designers to quality assessors to resale collection managers, to th