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Who can join
Local governments, ministries, textile collectors and sorters, waste managers and organisations supporting these entities
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Goals
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Define textile collection infrastructure needs and metrics
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Improve publicly available data and transparency for citizens
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Increase textile reuse and recycling while decreasing handling costs and carbon footprint
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Activities
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Identify issues with available data
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Baseline the current post-consumer textile management system
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Trace materials flows from point of collection to end point on a quarterly basis
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Analyse data and identify trends, metrics and practices
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Define and implement guidelines and best practices for textile management
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Communicate with citizens
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Work together in monthly team sessions
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Benefits
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Data-driven collection systems are more effective
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Collaboration across multiple regions provides broader insights
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Transparency for citizens improves participation in collection systems
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TEXroad uses data as evidence to highlight local textile management needs at the national level on behalf of municipalities and their partners