Browsing by Author "Patronen, Greta"

The aim of the study was figure out which kind of knowledge consumer can get from online about recycling postconsumer textile waste. The landfill prohibition of organic waste which came into force in 2016 forbids textile waste end up to landfill. This caused confusion among consumers because many people thought that textiles are not allowed in garbage anymore. The study investigated the possibility of postconsumer textile waste when it cannot be recycled to charity or flea markets. According to previous reports the Finns would be interested in recycling all the textile waste generated from home but information and a concrete place to recycle it is not known. The material in the study is five recycle themed websites that introduce possible ways to recycle old textiles. The material was collected using an internet search engine for which three people were asked to define search terms for search. Five websites were selected discretionally from search results and then analyzed using content analysis. Based on the research questions a table was created where all the necessary information was collected. Finally the information was summarized. According to the results postconsumer textile waste can be recycled by transporting it to mixed waste, dump collection or shop collection points. The amount of textile waste can also be reduced by paying attention to consumption and the age of textiles can be length by utilizing them in cleaning or weaving material. The information about recycling textile waste has remained the same for some decades. Most of the textile which are exported to recycle end up being utilized as energy in waste incinerators, materials of industrial or business reuse.