REdu result seminar
Friday the 11th of August 2023, 09:00-10:00 CET, Oslo/Zoom, the results from the REdu project will be presented.
THE PLASTIC ELEPHANT: Overproduction and synthetic fibres in sustainable textile strategies
Authors: Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Anna Schytte Sigaard, Tone Skårdal Tobiasson andLea Gleisberg Summary In this report, we examine national, international and corporate strategies for sustainable textiles to understand if and how they… THE PLASTIC ELEPHANT: Overproduction and synthetic fibres in sustainable textile strategies
PhD Masterclass on Wardrobe Research
13th of April this year an online PhD masterclass was conducted within the scope of the CHANGE work package 5. The masterclass was online and involved the currently eight PhD students working with the wardrobe… PhD Masterclass on Wardrobe Research
Ecodesign position paper: Textiles and footwear
In a position paper from the Change and Wasted Textiles projects, authors Kate Fletcher, Irene Maldini, Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Kirsi Laitala, Jens Måge and Tone Skårdal Tobiasson have addressed the background document from EU’s Joint… Ecodesign position paper: Textiles and footwear
Sufficiency on the agenda
Sufficiency advocates from different sectors came together on May 4th at the Sufficiency Summit. Co-organised by Sciences Po (France) and University of South Australia, and chaired by Dr. Yamina Saheb and Professor David Ness, the… Sufficiency on the agenda
A full PLATE with a 7-course SIFO menu
Holding on or letting go? Why don’t consumers complain more? Why do we hang on to stuff that is flawed? How to make fast fashion out of fashion and actually degrow the textile sector? All… A full PLATE with a 7-course SIFO menu
Microplastics or microfibers: Does anyone really get what this is about?
OPINION: What we do know, is that all synthetic clothing and materials, sooner or later, will become microplastics, a «time-delayed» pollution bomb. And thus, they will ultimately become a problem for seabirds, and us. A… Microplastics or microfibers: Does anyone really get what this is about?
Winter wheat + wool pellets work well
It turns out that Polish mountain sheep wool can be successfully used as a nitrogen-rich, organic fertilizer in organic farming. This enables utilization of coarse wool, which is not suitable for textile processing, to be… Winter wheat + wool pellets work well
Want Not, Waste Not: Preliminary findings
Author: Anna Schytte Sigaard Summary This project note presents preliminary findings from a PhD project looking into textile waste from Norwegian households. 28 households collected textiles that they would have otherwise discarded for a period… Want Not, Waste Not: Preliminary findings
A conversation with Kate Fletcher
First of all, we would like to welcome you as a colleague! This is a very happy development for Consumption Research Norway (SIFO) and our clothing research group, alongside of course, the work in the… A conversation with Kate Fletcher
Questions related to the TPR proposal
The Wasted Textiles team have had many meetings with policy-makers, politicians, NGOs, textile industry representatives and other interested parties regarding our Targeted Producer Responsibility proposal. We have collected questions we have been asked and here… Questions related to the TPR proposal
New briefing outlining research behind the TPR proposal
During a meeting earlier this year with a team from the European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans’ office, the authors of this new paper were asked to supply more background… New briefing outlining research behind the TPR proposal