EXPERIMENTS

Recycled Materials Incorporation

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – ONGOING

(until 28/02/2025 – 12:00 – Paris time)

 

Call for expressions of interest REFASHION 2025

EXPERIMENTS

RECYCLED MATERIALS INCORPORATION

Refashion is launching its first Recycled Materials Incorporation (RIM) Experiments campaign, which has two objectives:

  • To speed up the incorporation of recycled materials into new finished or semi-finished products as a substitute for virgin materials, in closed loops¹ and open loops², and thus encourage marketers in closed loops to obtain the bonus (‘eco-modulation’) for the incorporation of recycled materials.
  • Find sustainable outlets for recycled materials resulting from the processing of used, non-reusable CHF³ waste collected in France.

 

So that the circularity of materials becomes a market opportunity for marketers and manufacturers rather than a constraint!

 

Main stages in the CHF end-of-life value chain
Figure 1: Main stages in the CHF end-of-life value chain

What is the scope of the RMI Experiments?

The scope of RMI Experiments extends from product development to validation in an industrial application. It includes research and purchase of the material, incorporation/transformation tests of the recycled material into a new product, application tests on finished or semi-finished products and performance tests, etc.

Illustration of the two possible paths (closed loop and open loop)
Figure 2: RMI Experiments – Illustration of the two possible paths (closed loop and open loop)

Who are RMI Experiments aimed at? 

RMI Experiments are proposed to companies wishing to incorporate recycled materials into their finished or semi-finished products: recyclers, spinners, weavers/knitters, open-loop manufacturers, etc. The RMI Experiment is based on the company’s own specifications or those of identified partners, and on the criteria communicated by Refashion in the Rules, which can be consulted below.

 

To check your eligibility and prepare your application, please consult the

2025 RMI Rules

 

You can now consult the RMI Contract which, if your RMI experiment project is selected, will formalise the agreement and set out the rights and obligations of both parties.

Timetable

Applications may be submitted between October 1st 2024 and midday on February 28th 2025. Two dates have been set for the collection of applications:

07/01/2025 at 12:00 noon

28/02/2025 at 12:00 noon

 

Preparing your application

The application file includes several documents to be provided, which are specified in the 2025 RMI Rules, including the Financial Evaluation of the RMI Experiment Project, which can be downloaded below (also appended to the 2025 RMI Rules) and must be provided in Word format.

Download the Financial Evaluation of the project

 

Contact us

If you have any questions or require further information, please send us an e-mail to the following address: experimentations@refashion.fr

 

¹ Closed-loop recycling: any recycling operation allowing the re-use of recycled fibres from textile waste from Clothing, Household linen and Footwear (CHF) in the production of new CHF.

² Open-loop recycling: any recycling operation allowing the re-use of recycled fibres from CHF waste in the production of new products, other than CHF.

³ Clothing, household linen and footwear (CHF)