In the latest issue of *Materieelgezien*, Lieutenant Colonel Koert-Jan, COMMIT’s Workwear Category Manager, explains how government agencies are pooling their purchasing power and working with the market to create a more sustainable textile supply chain. This ambition extends beyond the Ministry of Defense alone. By reusing old clothing and increasing demand for products made from recycled textiles, the goal is to enable circular applications on a larger scale. [defensie.nl]

The first step is always reuse. Through return streams, used clothing is inspected, cleaned, repaired, and reused wherever possible. For the KPU company, approximately €14 million worth of clothing and equipment is returned to the supply chain each year. This keeps products in use longer and prevents valuable raw materials from being lost. [defensie.nl]

But what happens to clothing that is no longer suitable for wearing?

That is exactly where EverUse, TRIBOO’s circular acoustic panel brand—developed in collaboration with I-did—is creating a new application.

For the sustainable “As a Service” office setup of 1,000 workstations for the engineering firm Movares, Paul ten Kroode, COO, and Renee van den Heuvel, Manager of SSC Facility & Procurement, chose this practical circular solution for the workstations. We produced 500 circular acoustic desk screens, for which approximately 300 old military uniforms were transformed into high-quality acoustic solutions for the workplace.

For example, outside the Ministry of Defense, these uniforms find a practical and valuable new use as acoustic panels. This is a tangible example of how materials that have lost their original function retain their value within a circular economy.

The vision of COMMIT and the Ministry of Defense thus aligns seamlessly with what is needed for a circular economy: first, reuse materials wherever possible; then, develop new applications for materials that would otherwise be lost. [defensie.nl]

From old to new.

From military uniform to computer screen.

From discarded textiles to circular office furnishings.

That's circularity in action.

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