Priority was given to companies in the textile sector for the participation of the International Center for Environmental Technologies of Tunis (Citet) in the green and circular economy fair, Ecomondo, which was held from November 7 to 10, 2023 in Rimini, Italy.
This was stated by the head of the department at the international cooperation directorate at Citet, Nihel Beltaifa, to the Tap agency.
These companies are implementing eco-innovation and environmental footprint approaches for their products, as part of the Intex project ( “Innovative business practices and economic models in the textile value chain” ), with the aim to promote innovative business practices and economic models. in the textile value chain, Beltaifa underlined, adding that the textile sector in Tunisia presents a key economic challenge and where companies, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are part of multinational value chains.
The choice of these companies is part of Citet’s strategy to capitalize on such initiatives and activities to support companies in their ecological transition strategies.
“This visit allowed the Tunisian delegation to better understand the greenest, sustainable and resilient solutions to the current environmental challenges it faces,” underline the same sources.
These issues are linked to the circular economy and the reuse of resources, namely water and energy, eco-innovation and greening of the value chain, eco-design, textile recycling with the circular “fiber to fiber” approach, the recovery of textile materials, waste and the transformation of products in a “cradle to cradle” logic (an approach which maintains the quality of raw materials throughout the multiple life cycles of the product and its components).
“All these exchanges will help our companies to anticipate and prepare for the demands of the European market which will be in favor of a low carbon economy and a more sustainable and responsible industrial model in total synergy with our national ecological transition strategy”, we specify.
