Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 71069

Textiles: Recycling

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the implementation of the Automatic-sorting for Circularity in Textiles UK pilot; what funding he has provided to that pilot; and what safeguards are in pl

Answer

Mary Creagh

The total cost of the Autosort for Circular Textiles Innovation Demonstrator was £4,128,228, with nearly £1.5 million of funding provided by industry and private investors. One of the project’s aims was to ensure that the processed material was retained t...

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