EP11: Eva Engelen, HNST, About sustainable dyes & how a start-up doesn’t have to compromise on sustainability
For this podcast episode, we invited Eva Engelen from HNST Jeans to talk about sustainable dyes and how you can implement these without compromises.
Dyeing fabrics is a very polluting process. More and more cost-effective, resource-efficient, and sustainable dyeing alternatives that are safe for people and nature are surfacing. But what are these innovative dyeing techniques? How can we lower the true cost of colour? What are the challenges with developing these new techniques and how to overcome them?
EP10: Aurélie Maes, Maes Mattress Ticking, Implementing change in the family business as the new generation
Ellie’s new podcast series starts with an episode about family businesses and how you can implement change as the new generation.
Family businesses are often different generations with different views. How can you deal with these differences? How do you keep the long-term vision of the company whilst also adapting to the changing times? How to change the mindset to a more open, transparent, and sustainable one?
EP9: Jan Maes, Revor Bedding, Circularity in the Mattress Industry
Conventional mattresses are the cause of a huge waste stream. Approximately 1.1 million mattresses end up in landfills every year in Belgium alone. To encourage producers to think about the sustainable and circular design of their mattresses, an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for mattresses has been in place in Belgium since January 2021.
This is a question that Revor was already working on well before the introduction of the EPR, and to which they came up with the answer in 2019 with the Circular Mattress.
EP8: Ellen Kegels, LN Knits, Slow Fashion, Pre-Order and the importance of Storytelling
Sustainability in fashion has many dimensions. The choice of materials and production processes are probably the most obvious ones, but don’t forget about the impact of your go-to-market, distribution, and stock management.
Maybe you have heard the terms slow fashion and pre-ordering before. New business models are increasingly emerging in the industry, but what do they mean? And more importantly, how do you implement these for your brand? What are the challenges involved and how can you make it successful?
EP7: Alexandra Deraeve, HOGENT, Hemp as a driver for circularity in fashion
In many industrialised countries, there is renewed interest in hemp as sustainable textile fibre from a perspective of bio-renewability, circularity, and local (European) cultivation. The range of hemp products in textile and fashion is expanding.
However, the origin of commercially available hemp products is not always transparent and often involves Asian imports. The revival of locally harvested hemp fibres is still being held back by the fact that no homogeneous fibre quality can be guaranteed.
With the projects Eigen Kweek and Hemp4all, HOGENT wants to tackle the problems and support the revival of hemp as a circular driver for the textile and fashion industry.
During this Ellie.Talk Tex, expert Alexandra Deraeve of HOGENT talks about the projects set-up, the findings, and perspectives for the future.
EP6: Marloes Evers, EE Labels, Sustainable through Generations
For this episode, we welcome Marloes Evers from EE Labels, Van Engelen & Evers BV, a 121-year-old company that shares insights on 3D weaving, digital labels, sustainable packaging, and thinking beyond generations!
Starting from a focus on labels, EE labels grew into a company that thinks beyond generations, not only for themselves but also for their customers.
Today, they focus on offering future-proof solutions like 3D weaving and going digital with your labels to the most sustainable choices in packaging. All with minimum impact on the environment, protecting it for the benefit of the next generations. A future-proof concept based on sharing knowledge, collaborating, and innovation in the production process.
EP5: Rosanne van der Meer, N.I.O., Fashion on Demand
For this Ellie.Talks’s episode, we’ve invited Rosanne van der Meer, from New Industrial Order – N.I.O., to talk about Fashion on Demand.
Rosanne is the founder of New Industrial Order, a laboratory for fashion on demand, with the mission to create a circular system for order-made fashion.
During her Talk, Rosanne inspires you with the story of the New Industrial Order, and their vision for the future of the industry, which will be fully personalised, sustainable, and local: fashion on demand in local ecosystems for 3D Knitting.
EP4: Philippe Colignon, Centexbel, Recycling of textile waste streams, the Retex project
For this Ellie.Talks episode, we invited Philippe Colignon, from Centexbel, to talk about Retex, an ambitious partnership for circular economy in the textiles industry in the EU region. The aim of RETEX was to Rethink, Redesign, Reuse, and Reduce textile waste and Stimulate Innovation.
EP3: Jesse Dolstra, RemoKey, Understanding traceability in the textiles & fashion industry
During this interactive session, Jesse Dolstra, from RemoKey, talks about the concept and importance of transparency in the Textiles and Fashion industry.
EP2: Gerwin Homölle, How to turn old clothes into new textile products via mechanical recycling
During this interactive session, Gerwin Homölle, from ALTEX Textil-Recycling, and Julie Lietaer, from AriadneInnovation, discuss how to turn old clothes into new textile products via mechanical recycling.
