Nordic countries have been at the forefront of the EU in terms of textile ecosystem innovation, scientific research and the development of solutions and technologies, with the Baltic states playing an important part in the wider regional context. Although the Nordic-Baltic region is witnessing dynamic progress in sustainable fashion and textile, the new project is intended to amplify and further develop strategic cooperation on textile circularity in the region and strengthen the region’s position in the EU textile ecosystem and the global context.
Project purpose and goals
The main goal of this project is to amplify and further develop strategic cooperation on textile circularity in the Nordic-Baltic region and strengthen the region’s position in the EU textile ecosystem and the global context.
This will be achieved by:
- Facilitating the consolidation and sharing of knowledge among leading experts and key stakeholders in the Nordic-Baltic textile ecosystem
- Engaging stakeholders across the Nordic-Baltic textile ecosystem
- Developing a position paper to guide industry and stakeholders towards more strategic cooperation
Focus areas:
- Separate collection of used textiles and valorization of these textiles
- EU Waste Framework Directive and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Nordic-Baltic textile ecosystem collaboration
Project partners
The project is led by the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia in close cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania and Estonia.
Project partners in the Baltics are Dace Akule, expert in sustainability and textiles, representing Green Liberty (Latvia); Dr. Kerli Kant Hvass, Founder of Revaluate (Estonia) and Assistant Professor in Circular Economy at the Aalborg University (Denmark), and Viktorija Nausėdė, Founder of Looptex (Lithuania).
The project will be carried out in close dialogue and coordination with leading Nordic circular economy initiatives such as the Nordic Textile Collaboration project (coordinated by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, the Nordic Circular Hotspot (Textile transition group); Lifestyle and Design Cluster in Denmark, as well as Wasted Textiles project at Oslomet in Norway. A close dialogue with relevant Nordic-Baltic academic institutions, experts and stakeholders will be kept throughout the project to gather the latest research, data and developments.
