Dutch Circular Textile Valley
Towards a 100%
circular textile
industry.
Dutch Circular Textile Valley is the collaboration of ecosystems of frontrunners in circular textiles.
What is DCTV?
A collaboration of regional ecosystems and frontrunners accelerating circular textiles.
We curate, stimulate, guide and steer the most promising circular textile developments. We support knowledge sharing, new connections and impact. Our motivation: a 100% circular textile industry.
- Curate & guide
- The most promising circular textile developments.
- Connect
- Regional ecosystems, frontrunners and stakeholders.
- Scale
- Successful solutions, coalitions and funding.
Our ambition
DCTV works towards a 100% circular textile industry. Our goals include:
- 01
Slow the loop
Life span extension of textile products by timeless design, repair, reuse and remanufacturing.
- 02
Close the loop
Reduction of the use of virgin fibres by the promotion of advanced textile recycling processes and the use of recycled fibres.
- 03
Reduce negative impact
Reduction of the negative environmental and social impact of textiles.
Our projects
What DCTV is actually doing.
Upcycling 100x1000: a step towards circular fashion
Working together on the future of upcycling as a standard in fashion.
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Circular Venture Building in the Textile Industry
Breaking down circularity into small interventions with a more understandable business case — a recap of our conference at Wageningen University & Research.
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Investigating a financially viable Fibre-to-Fibre market
Placeholder: a short introduction to this project will follow soon.
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Regional hubs
A close network of regional ecosystems.
The team of DCTV consists of a close network of regional ecosystems, covering a wide spectrum of specialties and expertises. We are currently in conversation with other regions to extend the ecosystem.
Indicative representation of the DCTV regional hubs.
The people
Core team
The core team of textile transition directors (in Dutch ‘ketenregisseurs’) is formed by:
Claire Teurlings
Textile transition director
Anton Luiken
Textile transition director
Bart Kruijssen
Textile transition director
Nout Knabben
Textile transition director
DCTV Board
Jacqueline Cramer
Chair of the Board
Jose Teunissen
AMFI
Henk Hofstede
ABN Amro
Joost Ploos van Amstel
Midpoint Brabant
Franske van Duuren
Kiemt (regional organization supporting energy and circular transition)
Roos Smulders
Modint
The ecosystem
DCTV brings together the organizations needed to make circular textiles work at scale.
We work in close cooperation with a wide variety of stakeholders, for example:
Network & coalitions
Join DCTV and help accelerate the circular textile transition.
- 01
Connect & learn
Be part of our network and join community meet ups to stay informed of the most current knowledge: learn, share and connect on topics like fabrics, materials and production innovation technologies, updates on legislation, digitalization and product passporting, market information and interesting coalition formation.
- 02
Build coalitions
Be invited to join coalitions on a wide variety of topics that further the transition, and contribute to create market size. The transition needs frontrunners to make a point with a shared voice, to stimulate demand, to break through technical hurdles and to support other innovators.
- 03
Access funding
We work hard to strengthen the finance ecosystem and secure funds for both individual companies as well as consortia.
Get in touch
How can DCTV help you?
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