The e3c cluster and RRECQ are pleased to present a webinar with Michel Lopez, General Delegate of the ITECH Lyon Industrial Circular Economy Chair and Secretary General of the Orée association.
Michel Lopez is a specialist in the evolution of industrial processes towards the circular economy.
The seminar will focus on the governance of an end-of-life clothing recycling project.
Michel Lopez will present the FRIVEP project:
“Starting in 2016, the Orée association led a project to research technological solutions aimed at laying the foundations for a recycling channel for end-of-life professional clothing.
The particularity of this project’s governance is twofold:
- It is run by a recognized national association, but not a textile trade federation.
- It is launched and financed at the initiative of the principals, i.e. the companies who buy these garments for their employees and who are responsible for managing them at the end of their life cycle, as the available solutions are not suitable for them.
In April 2016, this project was officially declared ECV (Engagement pour la Croissance Verte) by the French government, and is among the first four to have been validated by the Ministries of Industry and Environment.
The governance model and the players in place have inspired other industrial sectors to follow FRIVEP closely and identify the modalities that have led to the second phase of the project, currently at the industrial demonstrator stage. The success of this approach continues with the expected launch of an industrial unit in two years’ time. ”
