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The event, organised by Italian
Exhibition Group from 3 to 6 November at the Rimini Expo Centre, in Italy,
transforms the Textile District into a new exhibition sector
AT ECOMONDO 2026, TEXTILES TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN THE CIRCULAR TRANSITION
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the textile supply chain is among those responsible for the ‘triple planetary crisis’ (climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution): in Europe, the sector has significant economic weight, with over 260,000 businesses and a turnover exceeding €160 billion. For this reason, the Commission has included it among the priorities of the strategy for sustainable products, considering it urgent to rethink the entire production and consumption cycle, with measures addressing materials, processes and the end-of-life of products. The “EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles” aims, in fact, to make textile products more durable, reusable, repairable and recyclable by 2030, strengthening the circularity of the entire supply chain and reducing its environmental impact.
Reflecting the growing centrality of the textile sector, particularly in light of recent obligations and regulations – such as separate waste collection, the introduction of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, the Ecodesign Regulation, the digital passport and the ban on the destruction of unsold stock – Ecomondo 2026, the international event organized by Italian Exhibition Group and dedicated to the ecological transition, scheduled from 3 to 6 November at the Rimini Expo Centre, in Italy, devotes significant space to textiles, transforming the Textile District
into a dedicated exhibition sector that will occupy an entire hall this year. A space for dialogue dedicated to the transformation of the supply chain, serving as a meeting point for all stakeholders, where experiences, visions and solutions can be shared to rethink the sector in light of major global challenges: sustainability, technological innovation, traceability and transparency throughout the supply chain.
The Textile sector at Ecomondo is the place where synergies are developed that span the entire life cycle of materials, from origin to end of life, involving stakeholders active in production and eco-design, the collection and sorting of textile components, the treatment and recycling stages, right through to new models linked to the second-hand market and regulatory developments: an ecosystem bringing together manufacturing companies, organizations engaged in the valorization of pre- and post-consumer waste, textile
machinery and recycling operators, alongside research centers, laboratories, digital and artificial intelligence expertise, as well as consortia and trade associations.
The new Textile sector joins the other six exhibition sectors traditionally featured at Ecomondo – Waste as Resource, Water Cycle & Blue Economy, Sites & Soil Restoration, Circular & Regenerative Bio-economy, Bio-energy and Agriculture, Earth Observation & Environmental Monitoring – and its exhibition districts.
What makes this issue even more strategic is Ecomondo’s Textile Experts Board, a spin-off of the Technical Scientific Committee, designed as a permanent forum for dialogue between industry and the public sector. Its aim is to facilitate targeted, high-level discussions, thereby helping to steer the debate and the sector’s development towards increasingly sustainable and innovative models.
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