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Baltic2Hand - As good as new: Enhancing the behavioral and business change of the second-hand textile industry in the Central Baltic region

The aim of the Baltic2Hand project is to improve the reuse of textiles and reduce textile waste in the textile market. The project involves fashion and textile industry organizations from Latvia, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. Within the project, we co-create solutions for both profit and non-profit organizations to include a second-hand operation into their business model, to boost second-hand operations and/or to include other type circular operations into their business.

  • Implementation date4/1/2023 - 3/31/2026
  • FunderCentral Baltic 2021-2027
  • Research programmeService Business and Circular Economy
  • Project typeInternational RDI
  • ThemesPedagogy and cocreation
  • Project managerSalla Kuuluvainen

In the Baltic2Hand project, organizations in the fashion and textile industry in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Sweden develop their business models towards sustainability and circular economy.

In the project, the co-creative service design process with the target organizations and consumers will

  • improve textile reuse
  • reduce textile waste
  • provide background research on the second-hand market in the Baltic region
  • generate new ideas towards more sustainable secondhand market
  • develop improved or new circular business models and services
  • develop open access educational materials

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Baltic2Hand project is coordinated by Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland). The other partners are Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Latvia), Tallinn Business Incubators Foundation (Estonia), and Sustainability InnoCenter (Sweden).

The project is funded by an Interreg Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027 project that is co-funded by the European Union. 

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