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Tid: Lørdag 6. september 2025 Sted: Fosseveien 14 Tisledalen, Halden
The way forward for WOOLUME
Summary This note looks at knowledge transference between a country of high wool utilisation (Norway) and a country of low wool utilisation (Poland). The findings that are presented here, are collected through semi-structured interviews, via…
En norsk plastelefant vekker oppsikt
SIFOs rapport om plastelefanten fikk stor oppmerksomhet på Natural Fiber Connect konferansen i Italia.
THE PLASTIC ELEPHANT: Overproduction and synthetic fibres in sustainable textile strategies
Forfattere: Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Anna Schytte Sigaard, Tone Skårdal Tobiasson og Lea Gleisberg Sammendrag I denne rapporten undersøker vi nasjonale, internasjonale og bedriftsstrategier for bærekraftige tekstiler for å forstå om, og i…
Stemmer fibermerkingen?
Vi sjekker merkelappen med Matoha FabriTell fiberskanner. Forfattere: Anna Schytte Sigaard, Ingun Grimstad Klepp og Tone Skårdal Tobiasson I prosjektet Wasted Textiles har en av utfordringene vært å identifisere hvilke fibre klær faktisk består av,…
How to make sure Extended Producer Responsibility becomes a silver bullet
This is a letter sent to commissioners and members of the European Commission in October 2022, from 4 participants in the Wasted Textiles project that explains their suggestions for a way of developing an EPR…
KRUS final report: Enhancing local value chains in Norway
From its initiation in 2015 to the end in 2019, KRUS had two goals: to improve the market for and the value of Norwegian wool, and survey the opportunities for local production in a move…
Opprinnelsesmerking av norsk ull
Hensikten med denne rapporten er å undersøke mulighetene for en opprinnelsesmerking av norsk ull. Et slikt merke kan bidra til økt bevissthet og oppmerksomhet om norsk ull både blant produsenter og forbrukere, og dermed styrke…
Wool as an Heirloom: How Natural Fibres Can Reinvent Value in Terms of Money, Life-Span and Love
This paper addresses a main challenge for natural fibres; falling prices and increased focus on quantity versus quality. This is a challenge not only related to economic issues and profit, but is also unsustainable in…
Why Cotton as Linen? The Use of Wool in Beds in Norway
Cotton is the “natural” choice and the dominating material in bed linen and sleepwear in Norway as in many other European countries. Regulation of temperature and humidity are important for good sleep, but they are…