Building the Circular Fiber Supply Chain Your Brand Needs

How do early offtake agreements, collection infrastructure, and sorting investments actually unlock fiber-to-fiber recycling at scale? What does your brand need to do differently to move from pilot purchases to procurement volume at scale?

Upstream solutions matter, but millions of tons of textile waste will still need recovery. Fiber-to-fiber recycling technologies are commercially ready, but the barrier to scale isn’t innovation—it’s demand signals and infrastructure. This session features brands funding circular textile programs alongside system-wide conveners who are building the infrastructure to make it work. You’ll hear how to evaluate technologies, what commitments unlock scale, and where collection and sorting gaps remain. Walk away knowing how your organization can become a serious buyer and enabler of circular textiles today.