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Module 3 — Circular Business
Covers circular business models applied to apparel product portfolios.
What you will be able to do
Build circular business practice: resale, repair and refurbishment programmes that recover value, and honest preparation for textile extended producer responsibility and recycled-content rules.
The practical work
Take one batch of returned and lightly damaged garments: assign each item to resale, repair or recycling, and list the data a textile EPR report would need about the batch — fibre composition, weights and destinations.
Prerequisite: Read module 2 and pass its quiz first.
Reading for this module
Read these 2 Garment Ed subjects in order, then take the quiz below.
Practical worksheet
Take one batch of returned and lightly damaged garments: assign each item to resale, repair or recycling, and list the data a textile EPR report would need about the batch — fibre composition, weights and destinations.
- Identify requirements and assumptions.
- Record evidence and calculations.
- Choose a decision and containment action.
- Assign an owner and verification check.
Module quiz
5 questions on Module 3 — Circular Business. Answer them all, then check your score before moving on. 4 correct or more is a pass. Your best score is saved on this device, and to your account when you are signed in. This is a self-check, not an accredited assessment.
1. Why is repair often the most valuable circular action per garment?
2. What does textile extended producer responsibility (EPR) ask of brands?
3. A marketing team wants to claim a garment is made of recycled fibre. What must exist first?
4. Why is most textile recycling today downcycling rather than fibre-to-fibre?
5. How do design decisions determine a garment's recyclability?
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