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An Increasing Focus on Textiles

15 May, 2024 by Bente Nilssen

textiles in pastel colours laying on a white surface

From January 1, 2025, all EU countries must separate the textile waste collection. In Sweden, municipalities will be responsible for collecting and managing the waste. They will also be responsible for informing households and businesses to extend the use of textile products in the first place, …

Filed Under: ReThink - Think Again, Textile consumption, Textile Recycling Tagged With: consumer behaviour, EU regulations, producer responsibility, textile waste

Ecolabelling and Being a Conscious Consumer

14 December, 2020 by admin

a lot of hanging clothes with hangtags showing

DO YOU WANT TO BE A CONSCIOUS CONSUMER WHEN PURCHASING NEW CLOTHING BUT ARE UNSURE WHAT ALL THE “GREEN” STAMPS AND LABELS MEAN?

Seeing various ecolabels on items sold in stores is becoming more common. Clothing companies, for example, may …

Filed Under: Climate change, Textile consumption, Textile Knowledge, Textile Recycling Tagged With: animal welfare, ecolabel, green labels, harmful chemicals, independent labels, Oeko-Tex, third-party label

Consider Textile Waste to Be a Resource!

8 June, 2020 by asas

According to the UN Environment Program UNEP, on average, a garbage truck full of textiles is landfilled or burned every second [1].
Given the large amounts of water, chemicals, and energy used in producing these textiles, many people are starting …

Filed Under: Textile, Textile consumption, Textile Recycling Tagged With: clothing care, hazardous substances, patch and mend, re-design, recycling, reused textiles, up-cycled textiles, waste management

Can You Not See the Forest for the Trees?

20 April, 2020 by asas

Do you usually notice trees and other plants when walking on a city street? What is the name of the tree? Why have they chosen to plant this particular tree right here? Most of us rush past different trees, shrubs, …

Filed Under: Biodiversity & Ecosystem, Climate change, Ecosystems, Environmental impact Tagged With: Elisabeth Schussler, flowering plants, James Wandersee, nature-based travel, outdoor, plant blindness, wild plants, wildflowers

The Environmental Impact of Textiles – a Broad Area

6 April, 2020 by asas

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As more people become aware of the detrimental effects of textile production and consumption on the environment, discussions often focus on the chemical and water-intensive processes that lead to significant carbon dioxide emissions. However, it’s essential to understand the broader …

Filed Under: Textile, Textile consumption, Textile Knowledge, The Earth Spheres Tagged With: artificial fertilizer, carbon dioxide emissions, contaminated wastewater, endocrine-disrupting phthalates, insecticides, intensive agriculture, mineral fertilizers

In April 2020 Humans Have Spent All Resources for the Year

30 March, 2020 by Bente Nilssen

In April 2020, humans exhausted the earth’s resources for the year. While some Western countries may lead the way in environmental initiatives, their consumption patterns paint a different picture. They are among the worst offenders, consuming much more than the …

Filed Under: Environmental impact, Natural Resources, Textile consumption Tagged With: carbon dioxide emissions, climate impact, Earth's biocapacity, fossil fuel, freshwater resources, global footprint, habitat losses, textile manufacturing

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