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Women's clothing leads the way, accounting for just over half of the average household expenditure on clothing, followed by men's and finally children's apparel. In the past few decades, clothing prices in the Netherlands have also dropped: allowing citizens to purchase more for less. This trend hides structural issues within clothing production and its associated working conditions.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The Netherlands has set an ambitious goal: full circularity by 2050 and halved resorce consumption by 2030. Meeting this goal require change spanning sectors -and the textile and clothing industry, which releases 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 each year- must be prioritised. This report dives into three scenarios for a circular clothing industry in the Netherlands, analysing the employment impact of each. It explores how different strategies -ranging from a shift in consumption patterns to a prioritisation of repair to an increased focus on textiles cycling- will impact the job market, and dives into the skills that will be needed to support a circular clothing industry.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Circle Economy and HIVA - KU Leuven have found that a scenario that prioritises clothing reuse locally presents the most impactful employment potential for the Dutch clothing value chain, creating 25% more jobs that business as usual in 2050. The highest increase stems from local collection and waste sorting activities. Reuse is also bolstered due to a growing second-hand market, resulting from second-hand retail stores becoming more prevalent and increased repair and maintenance services.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>In a fully-circular textiles scenario, new jobs in the repair sector will emerge: from (re)manufacturing designers to employees that can assess the quality of second-hand garments. 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Through research, several ICT roles have been identified as key missing occupations throughout apparel and footwear businesses. These could be, for example, related to data monitoring of use and repair activities, data analysis of business/operational information, virtual design, programming operations and the automation of assembly and manufacturing tasks.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Sustainability\u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003Cem> \u003C/em>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>and innovation managers\u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003Cem>,\u003C/em>\u003Cstrong> \u003C/strong>although present today, are both roles that will require relevant changes in terms of the skills needs. Firstly, it is expected that these roles will become much more data-driven—therefore, analytical skills become key. Additionally, the recognition that technological, environmental and social innovation are intrinsically related, calls for skills in communication and collaboration, as well as attitudes that encourage openness to feedback and an ability to guide and give colleagues and partners ownership of the innovation processes.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Logistics and\u003C/em>\u003C/strong>\u003Cem> \u003C/em>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>customer communications\u003C/em>\u003C/strong> expect shifts in their operations in future business models. Decentralised and on-demand digitised logistics and further customisation, along with new online service offers in customer relationships will require the development of collaboration and listening skills, as well as flexible attitudes that can handle uncertainty.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>The transition of\u003Cstrong> design\u003C/strong>,\u003Cstrong> product development \u003C/strong>and \u003Cstrong>tailoring\u003C/strong> roles away from new manufacturing towards repair and remanufacturing activities may require the development of an understanding of aesthetic trends in this field. This may also entail the additional role of \u003Cstrong>fashion stylist\u003C/strong> within repair facilities. Digital skills in 3D garment construction, digital design, pattern cutting and prototyping will also be required across these activities. \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Established in 2016 in the Netherlands, Makers Unite is a creative platform and social enterprise that works with skilled newcomers arriving in the Netherlands who have a refugee background. They create sustainable products by upcycling secondary materials, such as life-vests discarded on Greek shores. Through these products, they aim to provide a powerful positive message and facilitate dialogue about how migration can be an asset to society. In doing so, Makers Unite also strives to encourage circular design and business models, and for the circular transition to be more inclusive.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Makers Unite employs thirteen people today in the Netherlands, of which seven are part of their office team, including a CEO and founder, an impact strategist, and roles in accounting, business development, communication strategy, social media and partnerships management. Production is led by their in-house team of six, including a product development manager together with a product developer and a designer, an atelier manager, a tailor and a supply chain planner; who collaborate with international brands, like Ben and Jerry’s and Filling Pieces among others, on the co-creation of product collections. In parallel to their in-house production, the social enterprise runs a Creative Lab: a six-week programme offered for free to skilled newcomers in textile crafts, to support the development of skills to ease their transition into further employment or training opportunities in the Netherlands. To date, 153 people have participated in the Creative Lab with a 66% match rate going onto their next professional or educational steps.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>When looking into the future of the circular clothing sector in the Netherlands by 2050, Makers Unite aims to transition its current model into a concept design and repair model, based in the Netherlands but with an international perspective—ensuring the model is replicable in other geographies. This concept is built on three main pillars:\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>1. Fostering social inclusion\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>2. Innovating in education\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>3. Improving technological capacity\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Nevertheless, implementing such a concept creates certain challenges that require new skills and additional roles to be developed within their operations. 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Some 90% of this is sent to landfill or burnt illegally, as there is no formal means of waste collection. A small proportion is collected, pelletised and shipped to markets such as China and India to be used as raw materials. However, this unmanaged plastic waste is a tremendous opportunity. It can be recycled to make construction materials with a smaller environmental footprint, and in the process create jobs to help tackle Uganda’s high unemployment rate. \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Eco Brixs is a closed-loop recycling system providing employment and creating a positive environmental impact in Masaka, Uganda\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Eco Brixs started in 2017 as the Masaka Recycling Initiative, at which point it focused on plastic recovery. After two years of operation, Andy realised more could be done to capture the value in plastics as well as support the local economy, and Eco Brixs was born. In collaboration with universities and other experts they have researched how to transform the plastic. Now, they recycle seven types of plastics to make various products, such as an innovative plastic-sand composite paver, which has proven to be stronger, lighter and more durable than concrete. A series of other prototypes are in the pipeline. Eco Brixs’ other focus is on creating jobs – especially for people with disabilities – supporting the local economy and educating people on plastic waste. They have set up 20 recycling centres in different communities across Uganda. They also collaborate with schools to educate students on good environmental practices, establishing 31 ‘Eco Clubs’ with over 900 students. More recently, to support COVID-19 efforts, Eco Brixs have produced PPE from recycled plastics.\u003C/p>",[515,517,519,521,523,525],{"name":516,"type":209,"value":516},"https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/40a0e554/files/uploaded/CEcasereport_Footprints.pdf",{"name":518,"type":209,"value":518},"https://grid-arendal.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=1fd04bafbafc4cb2be8bdf5100382932",{"name":520,"type":209,"value":520},"http://www.ecobrixs.org/",{"name":522,"type":209,"value":522},"https://twitter.com/BrixsEco",{"name":524,"type":209,"value":524},"https://www.instagram.com/eco_brixs/",{"name":526,"type":209,"value":526},"https://www.facebook.com/Masaka-Recycling-Initiative-493483934358631/",{"id":51,"type":170,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":528,"updated_at":529,"owner_id":530,"owner_relationship":173,"views":480,"owner":531,"image":6,"contributors":532,"article_locations":535,"article_industries":542,"view_count":480,"like_count":161,"collection_count":247,"content":567,"can_edit":211},"2021-01-06T14:04:05.321Z","2026-05-28T11:30:33.818Z","ZUCkzg",{"id":530,"type":5,"owner_id":530,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},[533,534],{"contributor_id":4},{"contributor_id":530},[536],{"article_id":51,"location_id":537,"created_at":538,"updated_at":6,"location":539},"1264527","2026-05-07T12:00:42.947Z",{"id":537,"type":233,"name":540,"color":6,"parent_location_id":541,"created_at":308,"updated_at":6},"Chennai","IND",[543,549,554,556,562],{"article_id":51,"industry_id":544,"created_at":538,"updated_at":6,"industry":545},"metal_and_glass",{"id":544,"name":546,"description":547,"sector":548},"Metal and Glass","Refining and processing ores and producing ferrous and non-ferrous metal and glass products, including packaging","materials_and_fuels",{"article_id":51,"industry_id":550,"created_at":538,"updated_at":6,"industry":551},"wood_and_paper",{"id":550,"name":552,"description":553,"sector":548},"Wood and Paper","Extracting and gathering wood through forestry and producing wood and paper products",{"article_id":51,"industry_id":193,"created_at":538,"updated_at":6,"industry":555},{"id":193,"name":195,"description":196,"sector":197},{"article_id":51,"industry_id":557,"created_at":538,"updated_at":6,"industry":558},"logistics_services",{"id":557,"name":559,"description":560,"sector":561},"Logistics Services","Providing air, water, rail, and land transportation and related services for the distribution of goods, such as air freight, air courier and logistics services, maritime freight, marine courier and logistics services, rail freight, rail courier and logistics services, land freight, land courier and logistics services, including package and mail delivery and customs agents, as well as storage and warehouse facilities","transportation_and_logistics",{"article_id":51,"industry_id":563,"created_at":538,"updated_at":6,"industry":564},"chemical_and_plastic",{"id":563,"name":565,"description":566,"sector":548},"Chemical and Plastic","Producing basic and specialty chemicals, inks, agricultural chemical such as fertilisers and pesticides, plastics including packaging, and rubber",{"id":568,"score":161,"body":569,"status":210,"article_id":51,"created_at":528,"updated_at":586,"published_at":528},"RCgd",{"title":570,"outcome":571,"problem":572,"summary":573,"solution":574,"attachment":575},"Kabadiwalla Connect technology-based solutions for integrating informal waste pickers in Chennai (India)","\u003Cp>Kabadiwalla Connect uses its technology platform to leverage the already existing informal infrastructure. The KWC platform makes the informal ecosystem more accessible to other players. Municipalities can utilise informal infrastructure to bring down operational costs; waste management firms can source from it; corporations can carry out their extended producer responsibility through it; apartments and small businesses can send their recyclable waste directly to informal stakeholders that are a part of the informal ecosystem. Since Kabadiwalla Connect’s business began in 2014, 500 tons of PET bottles have been collected by the informal economy sector between 2014 and 2017, some 2,000 kabadiwallas in Chennai have joined the KWC paltform, and around 100 have decided to specialize and professionalize. The long-term goal is to reduce the volume of waste sent to landfill by 70% across the Indian subcontinent. In other words, 48.16 million metric tons of material recovered.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Chennai is mega-city of 9 million people in India. It generates 5,000 metric tons of urban waste every single day, but 90% of the waste collected ends up in open dumps where it is incinerated in the open air, adding to air pollution and causing serious public health and safety problems. As in most major cities in South Asia and Africa, garbage collection is one of the main activities found in the informal sector. In Chennai, it is estimated that the informal sector recycles 19,000 metric tons of plastic and generates 4.3 million dollars in revenue each year. Street collectors, therefore, not only contribute to better waste management, but also earning a living along the way, sometimes above the poverty line. However, in developing countries, municipalities, multinational brands, and waste management companies struggle to work effectively with informal stakeholders – despite increasing evidence of the commercial, environmental, and social benefits of forming mutually beneficial partnerships.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The recovery of post-consumer waste in cities in the developing world is driven by the informal ecosystem. Kabadiwalla Connect, a technology-based social enterprise based in Chennai, is leveraging the informal ecosystem of urban waste recyclers with the aim of decreasing the amount of waste sent to landfills in Indian cities by 70%.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Through a unique business process and award winning technology, Kabadiwalla Connect (KWC) seeks to improve the living conditions and incomes of the people working in the shadows and integrate them into existing waste management channels, helping municipalities, brands, and waste management companies recover postconsumer waste efficiently and more inclusively in the developing world. In 2015, thanks to an initial grant from the World Economic Forum, KWC started mapping and identifying all the actors in the informal waste recovery and recycling sector - from street collectors to specialist dealers. Their study proved that it was possible to procure consistent volumes from the informal sector and provide certain benefits (better price, better pick up time, clearer signal on the market dynamic of recycling). Once identified all actors, KWC provided them with a whole logistical framework to guarantee outlets for them. KWC is based on \"Kabadiwallas\", \"waste aggregator-entrepreneur\" in Chennai’s dialect. They prepare a raw material destined for wholesalers-dealers who are able to purify these recycled materials and sell them to reprocessors. KWC offers them computer applications that allow them to plan their everyday work and better set the prices of their material. KWC is also helping them improve the quality of the sorted material and work as a network to increase the amount of waste purchased. 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It focuses on strengthening the legislative, institutional and regulatory framework; creating green job opportunities; building human capacities; developing an appropriate financing policy; advocacy; and setting up mechanisms for monitoring and sustainability. The SNEV strategy was implemented through the PACEV programme which enables the promotion of inclusive entrepreneurship that is more open to youth and women (especially the heads of poor, low-income households). In particular, it promotes and develops new sectors for green jobs creation, such as distributing and maintaining mobile kiosks with solar panels, a drinking water production sector, and a sector recycling energy-efficient lamps. It also reinforces and consolidates existing sectors, such as urban and rural waste valorization, aquaculture, sustainable agriculture and forestry.\u003C/p>",[613,615],{"name":614,"type":209,"value":614},"https://www.un-page.org/files/public/burkina_faso_-_results_factsheet_2018.pdf",{"name":616,"type":209,"value":616},"https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/senegals-national-strategy-for-the-promotion-of-green-jobs-snev-strategy/","2022-03-21T14:37:04.872Z",[]]