Almada Label Wins The 2025 Finnish Textile Fashion Award Suomen Circular economy is not only recycling. it is a new economic model involving companies in all sectors. the finnish textile and fashion industry is leading the way in circular economy. we want to promote a change – from linear to circular production. Finland has successfully developed new ecological textile fibres that can be manufactured using textile waste as raw material. textile waste is needed to enable finland to further process recycled fibres on an industrial scale.
Visit To Helsinki Makia Telakka Suomen Tekstiili Ja Muoti Ry Establishing a circular economy ecosystem for the textile and fashion industry has the potential to address textile waste refinement not only at the national level but also for other nordic countries and the baltic region. The finnish textile and clothing industry is boldly renewing the entire global scene and setting a new, sustainable direction. the finnish model combines responsible primary production, strong design expertise, resource efficient manufacturing, sustainable consumption, and recycling of materials. A significant change will be occurring in the next years, says emilia gädda, chief advisor, sustainability and circular economy, at finnish textile and fashion. In finland, 90 million kilos of waste textiles are generated every year, and up to 60 per cent of it ends up as combustible energy. to strengthen its sustainability, the textile industry is focusing on promoting circular economy models. success requires good cooperation throughout the supply chain. photo: andritz.
Suomen Tekstiili Muoti Ry On Linkedin Tekstiili Muoti Talous A significant change will be occurring in the next years, says emilia gädda, chief advisor, sustainability and circular economy, at finnish textile and fashion. In finland, 90 million kilos of waste textiles are generated every year, and up to 60 per cent of it ends up as combustible energy. to strengthen its sustainability, the textile industry is focusing on promoting circular economy models. success requires good cooperation throughout the supply chain. photo: andritz. Finland is second in the second hand clothing business in europe. the market leader in this field is poland. however, in other sectors of the circular economy, we are among the weakest in europe, together with bulgaria. while the recycling rate for europe is 12.5%, the figure for finland is 5%. The study categorizes interactions as collaborative, competitive or coopetitive, exploring how these dynamics manifest across various ce practices, including second hand sales, renting, repair services, textile recycling, and circular fiber production. In their report “model of circular business ecosystem for textiles”, fontell and heikkilä (2017) defined different actors, material flows and key processes for circular economy in the textiles industry for finland. Our vision is to resolve the current sustainability and waste problems in the textiles with circular economy and to promote a sustainable textile production in finland. this can be done via recycled and bio based materials. circular economy would bring new businesses and jobs in the textile sector.
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