Life DPP-Tex

Development and validation of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for the textile sector, enabling the traceability of product origin, composition, recycled content and end-of-life.

Programme: LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT

Coordination of the project: Blue Room Innovation (Spain) / info@blueroominnovation.com

PARTICIPATION OF TÈXTILS.CAT: Member. The other 6 members of the consortium are: Eurotex Ltd (TexCycle) (Bulgaria), EcoIntelligent Growth (Spain), Terraqui (Spain), Kalinel EOOD (Bulgaria), Alsico Iberia (Spain), and bAwear BV (Netherlands).

Duration: July 2026 – December 2028

Summary of the project

Textiles are one of the most resource-intensive sectors in Europe: the EU generates 6.9 million tonnes of textile waste every year, and only 12% of it is separately collected for reuse or recycling.

LIFE DPP-TEX tackles this gap by adapting Digital Product Passport (DPP) technology (building on BLUEROOM’s CircularPass platform) to give manufacturers, recyclers and public buyers a reliable way to track fibre origin, composition, recycled content and end-of-life pathways for every product.

Co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union, the project brings together 8 partners from 3 countries (Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands) over 30 months (2026–2028). Its DPP solution is tested in two real industrial pilots: closed-loop recycling of home textiles in Bulgaria and reuse, upcycling and recycling of discarded municipal workwear in Spain. Together, the two pilots aim to process around 27 tonnes of textile waste, generate close to 60,000 circular products, create 10 new jobs, and save an estimated 110 tonnes of CO₂, 6.3 million litres of water and 1.9 million MJ of energy.

Beyond the pilots, LIFE DPP-TEX is designed to help the sector prepare for upcoming EU rules (the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Waste Framework Directive), and to turn its results into viable business models for industry adoption, making its tools and lessons learned available for replication in other regions and other textile-related sectors.l sector tèxtil és un dels més intensius en l’ús de recursos a Europa: la UE genera 6,9 milions de tones de residus tèxtils cada any, i només el 12% es recull de manera separada per a la seva reutilització o reciclatge.

Life DPP-Tex project

Specific objectives

Technology

Adapt and demonstrate a Digital Product Passport for the textile sector, building on BLUEROOM’s existing CircularPass platform.

Validation

Test the DPP in two real industrial pilots: closed-loop textile recycling in Bulgaria and workwear reuse/upcycling in Spain, covering different value chains and business models.

Enviromental impact

Quantify the environmental benefits of circular textile practices (CO₂, water and energy savings) through integrated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data.

Regulatory readiness

Support compliance with the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Waste Framework Directive, helping the sector prepare ahead of mandatory requirements.

Project funders

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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