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1. A skein of Hope: Strategically moving the emerging Swedish wool value chain towards sustainability
Magister-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utvecklingSammanfattning : This thesis started with the discovery that in Sweden, about 70% of wool, a valuable material, is wasted in 2017. In recent years, a local value chain in Sweden has gained momentum to increase the use of Swedish wool as a circular and sustainable fibre for the textile industry in the country. LÄS MER
2. Earth resources – a factor of time : A comparison between cotton and viscose
Master-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)Sammanfattning : Consumption continues to grow, while warnings persist about the fact that more isbeing consumed than the Earth is capable of yielding. This growth in consumption isclearly exemplified in the textile industry, which doubled global fibre productionbetween the years 2000 and 2020, while the population growth was 27% (The WorldBank, 2022). LÄS MER
3. Fibres from agricultural hemp waste
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiSammanfattning : There is an increasing demand for natural fibres in the textile industry as a consequence of the negative impact of the industry on the environment. Svensk Hampaindustri (SHI) is currently growing hemp in Sweden for its seeds. This leaves residue in the form of hemp stems that could be processed for textile products. LÄS MER
4. Analysis of European post-consumer textile waste for automated sorting
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperSammanfattning : The textile industry is linked to several major environmental problems, as a consequence there is an interest at European level to reduce the impact of the industry. In Sweden there are several initiatives to increase the circularity of textile for example by promoting fibre-to-fibre textile recycling. LÄS MER
5. EU Waste Framework Directive, What's Next? : A costbenefit analysis of an extended producer responsibility for textiles in the European Union
Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenSammanfattning : The objective of our thesis was to conduct a pilot study to evaluate if an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles in the EU could be a socioeconomically beneficial policy to complement the EU Waste Framework Directive’s amendment of separately collected textiles. The aim was to investigate if the policy could achieve increased circular design of textiles as well as if it could work as a management plan for the increased collection rates. LÄS MER