Philosophy & Mission
The Consortium is non-profit and aims to promote and represent the interests of the associated companies through the development, knowledge, support, and coordination of the activities of the entities involved. These entities, preferably part of the textile industry, are primarily and consistently engaged in sorting or selecting, reusing primarily textile waste, and recycling textile materials, including scraps. They are also involved in the production and sale of goods made from secondary raw materials and/or transformed or recycled scraps.
Statute and documents
Tons of recycled textile raw materials every year.
Tons of recycled textile raw materials every year.
For well over a century, the Circular Economy has been present in Prato.
Furthermore, the Consortium aims to recover used clothes and accessories
Furthermore, the Consortium aims to recover used clothes and accessories, including shoes, bags, belts, textile scraps, and by-products, and to interact with customers and public and private entities. This is also done to promote and improve, from both a regulatory and operational standpoint, the eco-sustainable virtuous cycle of reuse and recycling of used textile materials or unsold items.
To achieve its goals, the Consortium will promote the establishment of brands, patents, and processes aimed at reusing and extending the life of products in general and textiles in particular. This also involves the use of regenerated raw materials, designing eco-compatible fabrics, and similar activities.
The Consortium may also certify, directly or indirectly through identified entities, the compliance of products and companies with the agreed-upon specifications or standards, with a specific brand related to textile reuse and recycling processes.
Corertex can establish regional and interregional structures
Its activity will primarily serve and interest companies that select and regenerate textile raw materials or that reuse or sell or broker the sale of used clothes. However, it is open to entities interested in implementing the circular economy, primarily in the textile sector.
The Consortium can also carry out the activities mentioned in this article through third parties based on specific agreements.
- The Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITE), possibly in agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development (MiSE);
- Regions, Municipalities, their municipalized companies, their concessionaires, and public or private entities;
- Consortia, companies, entities, and research institutes tasked with carrying out technical, technological, or financial activities within institutional purposes; Consortia or associations, in any form, of textile producers;
- Ministry of Education (MIUR), its derivatives, and public and private educational institutes; Non-profit entities.
The Consortium aligns its actions with the principles and methods of effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and transparency. It may receive and/or facilitate the acquisition by its members of regional, national, and/or European funds, among others, in pursuit of the Consortium’s objectives, and always in compliance with the current legal and regulatory framework.
Moreover, the Consortium may perform all acts and transactions necessary or appropriate for achieving the consortium’s objectives.
The Consortium aims to engage in awareness-raising activities, promotion, and implementation of interventions related to issues involving the reuse and recycling of primarily textile materials at various levels.
Specifically, Corertex may:
- Collaborate with educational institutions of any order and grade in organizing conferences and study days on issues related to textile waste;
- Undertake initiatives to raise awareness of relevant issues among public entities;
- Work to increase awareness and education regarding the reuse and recycling of textile products, used clothes, and textile waste, as well as other textile materials in general or textile waste and scraps.
- Engage in negotiations with various commercial counterparts to establish price lists for goods and obtain discounts/rewards, and in general, secure the best market conditions on the quantities dealt with;
- Suggest to its members the best purchasing opportunities, also considering the quality of the products used;
- Organize and manage services instrumental to the activity of the associated companies and in their common interest, also aiming to obtain favorable prices;
- Promote meetings between members to define optimal quality/price standards;
- Develop and produce informational documents, reports, presentations, or manuals;
- Provide business, organizational, quality, and safety consulting, engaging qualified professionals as necessary;
- Manage social networks;
- Join and participate in trade and other associations, and in scientific bodies in the context of the development of the circular economy;
- Sponsor initiatives deemed useful and functional to the statutory purposes;
- Promote, also at the political and social level, initiatives necessary to improve industry regulations, facilitating and simplifying authorizations, administrative procedures, fiscal provisions, and other regulations that have an operational impact for the associated companies.
