General course information
Micro-credential title: Sustainable textile production on demand with zero waste through EU Green Deal
Thematic pathway: Sustainability tools for assessing textile products
Part of module: Sustainable Textile Engineering
EQF level: 6
ECTS credits: 1
Learning methods and duration: Approximately 25 hours independent online self-studies, including materials, videos, quizzes and tests.
Assessment methods:
- Initial assesment (quIz)
- Formative assessments (quizzes)
- Summative assessment (quiz)
General objective: The learner will be introduced to:
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Principles of sustainable textile materials, production technologies, and finishing processes, including their impact on product lifetime, resource use, and environmental footprint.
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Strategies for zero-waste, modular, repairable, and circular textile design to enhance product sustainability and enable circularity.
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Methods for managing textile waste streams, including sorting, recycling, upcycling, and redesign, within EU and global regulatory frameworks.
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Tools for assessing sustainability, including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), eco-labels, and digital design tools (CAD/CAM) for material efficiency and circular product development.
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Approaches to integrate sustainability thinking across textile engineering, combining material selection, production technology, design, and end-of-life management.
Start and end dates:
Responsible institution: Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic)
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
After the completion of this module, learners will:
• Understand the environmental and sustainability implications of textile material choices, including natural, regenerated, synthetic, recycled, and bio-based fibers.
• Know how textile production technologies (spinning, weaving, knitting, nonwovens) and finishing methods affect product lifetime, resource use, waste generation, and recyclability.
• Be familiar with zero-waste, modular, repairable, and circular garment design principles and their application in extending product lifetime and enabling circularity.
• Recognize types of textile waste (post-industrial and post-consumer) and understand recycling, upcycling, and redesign strategies within the EU and global regulatory frameworks.
• Understand how material selection, production technology, and design decisions interact to influence sustainability across the textile product life cycle.
Skills
After the completion of this module, learners will be able to:
• Select appropriate fibers, materials, and production technologies to optimize sustainability and product lifetime.
• Apply zero-waste cutting, modular design, and repairable garment principles in practical design tasks.
• Implement sustainable finishing and dyeing methods to minimize environmental impact.
• Manage textile waste streams through sorting, recycling, upcycling, and integration into new products.
• Use digital tools (e.g., CAD/CAM) to support circular design and efficient material use.
• Apply basic sustainability assessment tools, including LCA and eco-labels, to textile products and processes.
Competences
After the completion of this module, learners will:
• Integrate sustainability thinking into textile engineering, combining material selection, production methods, and design strategies.
• Evaluate the environmental and social performance of textile products and processes using LCA, eco-labeling, and other sustainability indicators.
• Design textile products and systems based on circularity, zero-waste, modularity, and repairability principles.
• Implement effective textile waste management and recycling strategies in industrial and post-consumer contexts.
• Contribute to the transformation of textile production toward sustainability and circularity, in alignment with EU Green Deal objectives and global best practices
