Innovate UK KTN and the Bioeconomy Cluster Builder are hosting a webinar to explore how biotechnology solutions can be applied alongside other technologies to develop a circular textiles industry in February.

Taking place from 10am – 12 noon on 22 February 2024, the webinar will introduce the sustainable bio-based materials and manufacture programme (SusBioMM), which seeks to address the challenge of developing innovations in sustainable and scalable biomanufacturing processes, and the Bioeconomy Cluster Builder, a collaboration between the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) and Innovate UK KTN.

The event will cover case studies in the sector, design with end of life in mind, the sorting and recycling of textiles, plus textile waste refinery and the use of biotechnology and the use of biotechnology to recycle disused sails. There will be speakers from the University of Huddersfield and the University of Edinburgh.

The webinar is specifically aimed at textile industry professionals, biotechnology solution providers, academics, funders and investors, as well as policymakers.

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