The Federal Ministry of Education and Research's funding programme ‘Resource-efficient circular economy - circular sustainable textiles: development of holistic, practical solutions for closing loops in the textile industry’ supports a circular textile economy and strengthens the innovative power of the industry in Germany.  

The entire value creation cycle is addressed in the joint projects:  

• Design and production of recyclable sustainable textiles  
• Longer utilisation phase through new business models and services 
• Tracking and logistics with digital technologies  
• Recycling of textiles 

The Circular Textiles funding programme is part of the implementation of the BMBF research concept ‘Resource-efficient circular economy’ under the BMBF's Research for Sustainability (FONA) strategy. There are links to other BMBF activities, such as the KuRT funding programme and the ‘KMU-innovativ’ plastics projects.’