Co-Located with the Plastics Recycling Conference and the Resource Recycling Conference

February 23-25, 2026
San Diego, California

Where Textile Circularity
Takes Center Stage

The Textile Recovery Summit is the leading North American gathering focused exclusively on the systems, policy and innovation driving textile circularity. Now in its second year, the Summit brings together leaders across retail, fashion, government, reuse and recycling to tackle the most pressing challenges in managing post-consumer textiles.

Co-located with the Plastics Recycling Conference (PRC) and the Resource Recycling Conference (RRC), this event offers access to a powerful cross-section of the circular economy—reaching over 2,400 sustainability, policy and procurement professionals.

Focused on Timely, High-Interest Topics
The 2026 Textile Recycling Summit will explore today’s most critical issues in textile sustainability and recovery:

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Explore how state-level EPR programs are emerging for textiles and what brands, retailers and service providers must do to prepare.
California Responsible Textile Recovery Act (SB 707)
Understand the implications of landmark California policy—and how to proactively shape compliance strategies.
Chemical Recycling & Advanced Processing
Get insights into next-generation recycling technologies and how they intersect with sortation, fiber ID and material recovery.
Global Trade of Secondhand Textiles
Examine the impacts of textile export flows, regulation shifts and how international and domestic reuse and resale markets are evolving.
Breakthrough Research in AI & Fiber Sorting
Learn how academic and industry-led research is pushing the boundaries of automated textile sorting using AI, imaging and machine learning.