THREADs

With a holistic approach THREADs focus on textile waste management as well as educating & innovating at the design & post-consumer phase. The project addresses the challenges faced in sparsely populated area, especially in the Northern Periphery (NPA) region with regards long transport distances, growing textile consumption & limited textile reuse.

Start date: 2024-10-01

End date: 2027-09-30

THREADs promote the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy by develop textile waste collection and sorting, demonstrate opportunities to Re-imagine textile resources to industry & fast fashion consumers and empower Social Enterprises (SE) to stimulate innovation and create opportunities in local communities in the NPA-region.

Capitalising on the benefits of working transnationally towards solutions & innovations in each sphere, activities include piloting state-of-the-art technologies, education, awareness raising & skills transfer expected results are:

Adoption of smart waste collection for resource efficiency and sustainable textile handling practices across borders in the NPA-region.
Increased implementation of circular practices from designers through to consumers ensuring resource sufficiency.
Enhanced Social inclusion activities.
New business model implementation
Target groups: waste management stakeholders, consumers, designers, craftspeople, educators, disadvantaged groups and social enterprises.

Target groups: waste management stakeholders, consumers, designers, craftspeople, educators, disadvantaged groups and social enterprises.

The project is co-funded by Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic, and Region Norrbotten.