Topic 3
Circular Business Models
SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES
3.1. Infinna™: from post-consumer textile waste to new garments
Presenter: Infinited Fiber Company
By the end of this class you will understand the process behind the creation, development and scalability of the innovative fibre that uses post-consumer textiles as “raw” material.
Further Reading
3.2. Textile Upcycling (handcraft)
Presenter: Riikka Olli (Founder and CEO at Menddie)
By the end of this class you will understand the foundations, challenges and opportunities brought forth by this innovative company.
Further Reading
3.3. How to generate new sustainable textile business beyond recycling?
Presenter: Minna Halme (FINIX)
This Finnish-based and sponsored project presents how textile circularity is being implemented in Finland, a country promoting circularity and zero-waste as country-wide objectives by 2025.
Slides
Further Reading
Finix’s website The only way to fix fast fashion is to end it
3.4. The second hand industry
Presenter: Linda Turunen (Aalto University)
By the end of this class you will be able to navigate the delicate nuances of the Second Hand industry, with special focus on its reuse and resale properties.
Slides
Further Reading
3.5. Circular entrepreneurship
Presenter: Alisa Mick (MiXi) and Santeri Tuovila (University of Helsinki)
By the end of this class you will be able to understand how the entrepreneurial start-up universe is welcoming circular projects based on textile initiatives.