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Table 1

Case organizations and activities

Activities	NPO1	NPO2	NPO3
Collection methods	In-store donations Home collections	Collection bins (2,500 bins) Multiple waste sites (200 containers) Retailers’ take-back programs Other NPOs	In-store donations. Retailers’ take-back programs Home collections
Collection volumes	432 tons (data available only for 2 hubs)	13,000 tons	1,500 tons
Sorting facilities	Semi-centralized Sorting is carried out in 4 centralized sorting hubs and in individual stores that are not connected to sorting hubs	Decentralized Sorting is carried out in 3 regional sorting centers	Centralized Sorting is carried out in the central facility
Sorting strategy	100% of the collected volume is sorted	Only around 6% of the collected volume is sorted	100% of the collected volume is sorted
Distribution strategy and volumes	Export −35% Sold in Sweden −15% Energy-32% Recycling-16% E-commerce-2%	Export ∼80% Sold in Sweden <1% Recycle- 6% Rags/wipes – 8% Incineration – 4% Non-textiles- 2%	Export-34.5% Sold in Sweden −64% Remake and waste −1.5%
Number of local shops	61 physical stores	11 physical stores	25 physical stores and 2 web shops

Activities	NPO1	NPO2	NPO3
Collection methods	In-store donationsHome collections	Collection bins (2,500 bins)Multiple waste sites (200 containers)Retailers’ take-back programsOther NPOs	In-store donations. Retailers’ take-back programsHome collections
Collection volumes	432 tons (data available only for 2 hubs)	13,000 tons	1,500 tons
Sorting facilities	Semi-centralizedSorting is carried out in 4 centralized sorting hubs and in individual stores that are not connected to sorting hubs	DecentralizedSorting is carried out in 3 regional sorting centers	CentralizedSorting is carried out in the central facility
Sorting strategy	100% of the collected volume is sorted	Only around 6% of the collected volume is sorted	100% of the collected volume is sorted
Distribution strategy and volumes	Export −35%Sold in Sweden −15%Energy-32%Recycling-16%E-commerce-2%	Export ∼80%Sold in Sweden <1%Recycle- 6%Rags/wipes – 8%Incineration – 4%Non-textiles- 2%	Export-34.5%Sold in Sweden −64%Remake and waste −1.5%
Number of local shops	61 physical stores	11 physical stores	25 physical stores and 2 web shops

Source(s): Authors’ own work