| Authors |
Watson, David ; Hvass, Kerli Kant ; Moora, Harri ; Martin, Kristiina ; Nausėdė, Viktorija ; Gurauskienė, Inga ; Akule, Dace |
| Abstract [eng] |
Objectives, The fashion and textile industry uses a large amount of resources and has a heavy environmental impact compounded by the industry’s continuing growth. The majority of new textiles placed on European markets end in mixed waste for landfill and/or incineration following the first user. To tackle this, by 2025 all EU member states will be obliged to separately collect used household textiles for reuse or recycling. Moreover, an EU Strategy for Textiles is foreseen that will aim to boost the EU market for sustainable and circular textiles, including the market for textile reuse, addressing fast fashion related challenges and new business models. The separate collection and treatment of used textiles is in its infancy in the Baltic states. There is lack of documented data on current used textiles flows, the reuse and recycling sector practices, overall industry challenges and future possibilities. The Nordic countries, meanwhile, have been frontrunners in addressing the need for a more sustainable and circular textile systems. Since the Baltic region is part of the Nordic circular textile eco-system, there is a real need for alignment and collaboration. [...]. |
