Case organizations in the study
| Type | Description/core activities | Primary and secondary data sources | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPO (NPO 1) | An organization that provides a service for collecting used clothes as donations via containers, collecting 14.6 million kg of textile. The sales income forms the financing for the climate and global development actions. Member of various research and development (R&D) projects | One on-site interview, total 1 h | Annual report, organization's official webpages |
| Communication specialist | |||
| Clothes collection manager | |||
| Circular solutions specialist | |||
| NPO (NPO 2) | An organization that accepts clothing donations in stores and via a small number of containers. Donated clothes sorted and sold at second-hand department stores; income is used for humanitarian relief work. Clothes are also sent to aid destinations around the world | Two on-site interviews (due to twofold organizational structure), total 2.5 h | Annual report, organization's official webpages |
| Director of second-hand chain, clothing aid program officer | |||
| Charity private partnership (PP) | One of Europe's leading organizations for collecting, sorting and recycling used textiles (including down-cycling and solutions for retailers) | One online interview, total 1 h | Organization's official webpages |
| Head of corporate development | |||
| Private MC | A Finnish company that manufactures new products from the textile industry's surplus, a member of the R&D project | Questions answered via email | Organization's official webpages |
| CEO | |||
| Research institute 1 (RI 1) | Technical research center, one of the coordinators of the R&D project for building business from a CE of textiles | One online interview, total 1 h | Research reports published online and related to the R&D project |
| Research team leader | |||
| Research institute 2 (RI 2) | A research institute, coordinating the R&D project for understanding opportunities and barriers to textile waste recycling | One online interview, total 1 h | Research reports published online and related to the R&D project |
| Senior research scientist, waste and CE | |||
| Municipal WM company 1 (WMC 1) | A WM company involved in the project of the first domestic textile processing plant, a member of R&D projects | One online interview, total 1 h | Organization's press releases online, official webpages and online publications, including blog posts and webinars |
| Operations manager | |||
| Project manager | |||
| Business development manager | |||
| Municipal WM company 2 (WMC 2) | A WM company, a member of R&D projects for finding solutions in textile collection and sorting | One online interview, total 1 h | Organization's press releases, official webpages and online publications |
| CE specialist | |||
| Textile service company (TSC) | A limited liability company, owning a textile-processing facility | Online interview, total 45 min | Organization's press releases |
| CEO, board chair | |||
| Type | Description/core activities | Primary and secondary data sources | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPO (NPO 1) | An organization that provides a service for collecting used clothes as donations via containers, collecting 14.6 million kg of textile. The sales income forms the financing for the climate and global development actions. Member of various research and development (R&D) projects | One on-site interview, total 1 h | Annual report, organization's official webpages |
| Communication specialist | |||
| Clothes collection manager | |||
| Circular solutions specialist | |||
| NPO (NPO 2) | An organization that accepts clothing donations in stores and via a small number of containers. Donated clothes sorted and sold at second-hand department stores; income is used for humanitarian relief work. Clothes are also sent to aid destinations around the world | Two on-site interviews (due to twofold organizational structure), total 2.5 h | Annual report, organization's official webpages |
| Director of second-hand chain, clothing aid program officer | |||
| Charity private partnership (PP) | One of Europe's leading organizations for collecting, sorting and recycling used textiles (including down-cycling and solutions for retailers) | One online interview, total 1 h | Organization's official webpages |
| Head of corporate development | |||
| Private MC | A Finnish company that manufactures new products from the textile industry's surplus, a member of the R&D project | Questions answered via email | Organization's official webpages |
| CEO | |||
| Research institute 1 (RI 1) | Technical research center, one of the coordinators of the R&D project for building business from a CE of textiles | One online interview, total 1 h | Research reports published online and related to the R&D project |
| Research team leader | |||
| Research institute 2 (RI 2) | A research institute, coordinating the R&D project for understanding opportunities and barriers to textile waste recycling | One online interview, total 1 h | Research reports published online and related to the R&D project |
| Senior research scientist, waste and CE | |||
| Municipal WM company 1 (WMC 1) | A WM company involved in the project of the first domestic textile processing plant, a member of R&D projects | One online interview, total 1 h | Organization's press releases online, official webpages and online publications, including blog posts and webinars |
| Operations manager | |||
| Project manager | |||
| Business development manager | |||
| Municipal WM company 2 (WMC 2) | A WM company, a member of R&D projects for finding solutions in textile collection and sorting | One online interview, total 1 h | Organization's press releases, official webpages and online publications |
| CE specialist | |||
| Textile service company (TSC) | A limited liability company, owning a textile-processing facility | Online interview, total 45 min | Organization's press releases |
| CEO, board chair | |||
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