Textile reuse center

Purpose and goal:

For two years, the Textile Reuse Centre has worked to strengthen the collaboration between textile actors, civil society and public administration in Dalsland, in order to achieve a more sustainable textile industry. Långeds Garderob, a place for sustainable textile consumption in Dals Långed, has been built.

A method for innovation sprints with residual material has been developed and is disseminated further in the project RIK Symbiosis Bengtsfors.

Six innovation sprints with residual materials from local textile producers have been carried out and led to products that are in use. Expected results and effects:

A textile place for sustainable consumption has been built. It has a sustainable business model based on non-profit engagement and where surpluses are invested in building the site and expanding the business with a pop-up shop and home furnishing textiles.

The work with innovation sprints has led to several new products from waste materials, some of which are in use while others are ongoing development.

The innovation work continues within the RiK Symbios Bengtsfors network, which expands to new collaborations and takes the method of innovation sprints to more material areas. Approach and implementation:

Collaboration has been the basis for building the project. Creating a network that shortens the path to collaboration between different stakeholders has been decisive and led to the emergence of several symbioses.

Early on, the project was divided into two purposes: To build a place for sustainable textile consumption and to work innovatively in textile recycling. One part became Långeds Garderob a place for sustainable textile consumption, the other part became a method development of innovation sprints with residual materials from industry, which has led to products in use.