In Denmark’s newly implemented textile waste collection system, a significant portion of reusable and recyclable textiles end up as residual waste due to contamination from collection infrastructure and resident negligence. We worked with Amager Ressource Center (ARC) to improve the textile collection processes within ARC’s administrative area and waste collection facilities. Our team analyzed data collected from residential surveys and interviews, observations from recycling and reuse centers across five municipalities, and key informant interviews with waste management professionals. Based on these findings, we provided recommendations to reduce contamination of the new textile waste stream, and to identify strategies to better inform residents of the new system.

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Creator

• Neumann, Emma
• Straccia, Domenico
• Edwards, Lyle
• Tomasetti, Nicholas

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Learning
• Energy
• Project-Based Learning
• Environment
• Community
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043024-050259
• 122088

Keyword

• Waste
• Recycling
• Amager Ressource Center
• Reuse
• Waste Management
• Textile

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Shockey, Ingrid K.

Year

• 2024

Center

• Copenhagen, Denmark Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Amager Ressource Center

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Date created

• 4/30/2024

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-043024-050259

Rights statement

• In Copyright