Baltic2hand Interreg Central Baltic Programme

As good as new: Enhancing the behavioral and business change of the second-hand textile industry in the Central Baltic region BALTIC2HAND project improves textile reuse and reduces textile waste in the second-hand market from 1.4.2023 until 30.3.2026. In the Baltic Second-Hand project, organizations in the fashion and textile industry in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Sweden develop their business models towards sustainability and circular economy free of charge. Using a service design process, the project maps and designs new opportunities in re-using textiles and in reducing textile waste. The project tests and pilots potential solutions and promotes consumer use of secondhand textiles. The main groups that benefit from the project are fashion and textile organizations and second-hand companies that want to improve or add second-hand operations to their business models and consumers. The co-creative service design process together 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, highlighting challenges and opportunities -generate new ideas towards more sustainable secondhand market -develop improved or new second-hand-related business models and concepts This project is organized by Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tallinn Business Incubators Foundation, and Sustainability InnoCenter. Baltic2hand is an Interreg Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027 project that is co-funded by the European Union. For more information, visit our website: balticsecondhand.eu