Workshop: Flaws in the Flow: Investigating Gaps in the Governance of Post-Consumer Textile

Published on 30 May 2024

On 30 May, GTGC Seed Grant Project 'The Governance of European Textile Waste Export' organised a workshop to engage with key stakeholders in the field.

About the workshop

Although smaller in size and location compared to other European countries, The Netherlands still plays a role in exporting tonnes of textile waste to other European countries, but Asia and Africa mainly. Within the Flaws in the Flow project, this workshop identifies the systemic issues in the post-consumer garment value chain combining the academic and practitioners' knowledge.

Programme

09.15 - 10.00	Walk-in, welcome, and introduction
10.00 - 12.00	Material Flow of Dutch post-consumer textile: Overview of available data (Arjan de Koning, Leiden University) EU Waste Framework: State of the proposal (Vincenzo Gente, EU DG Environment) Roundtable: Different perspectives and possible convergences in the post-consumer textile value-chain (Remi Veldhoven, Wolkat; Richard de Jong, InHolland University of Applied Sciences; TBA, Government representative)
12.00 - 13.00	Lunch
13.00 - 13.20	Post-consumer textile flow short story: a Malawi-Netherlands partnership (Mariane Löwik, Sympany; Moses Chibwana, DAPP - Development Aid People-to-People)
13.20 - 14.30	Interactive session 1: Net-map exercise: Designing the networks within the value-chain
14.30 - 14.45	Coffee break
14.45 - 16.00	Interactive session 2: Multi-actor breakout groups: Small-group discussions among actors in different stages of the value chain
16.00 - 16.15	Coffee break
16.15 - 16.45	Plenary discussion
16.45 - 17.00	Wrapping-up and future steps
17.00 - 18.00	Reception & drinks at Schlemmer’s garden (Lange Houtstraat 17, 2511 CV The Hague) The garden is available for us until 19:00