The publication examines opportunities to implement the circular economy in the textile industry in the Republic of Moldova based on recycling textile waste and to align with the best practices of the EU textile industry. The textile industry is very important for Moldavian economy, but it is characterized by very polluted technology in the preconsumption phase and also in the post-consumption phase. In the EU there are a lot of practices and initiatives in order to implement circular business models that reduce preconsumption waste, the collection and recycling of post-consumer waste, extend the life cycle of goods and developing a new design of technological process. In the R. Moldova we can underline some initiatives to implement circular economy, like organizing competition for designers to find out solutions for recycling textile waste, waste collection at pre-consumer and post-consumer stage, green friendly education for businesses and consumers etc., that have to be enhanced with European practices.