These three case studies map a different path, one the initiative calls a shift from take-make-waste to break-down to build-up. “Decomposition is the piece missing from the circular economy conversation,” said Asha Singhal, Director of Nature of Fashion at the Biomimicry Institute. The market provides a critical service of giving clothing a second life within a broken fashion industry built on overproduction, planned obsolescence, and exploitative trade flows. “Germany, Europe’s largest fashion market with a 64% textile collection rate, provides ideal conditions for this transformation. The completed case studies are available here:biomimicry.org/innovation/nature-of-fashion/pilot-projects/Posted: July 28, 2026Source: The Biomimicry Institute