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Filippa K is one of the defining forces when the Swedish fashion industry leaps into a circular future. Active collaborations, design for sustainability and simplicity is their modus operandi.

A fossil-based, delicate disposable; anyone who has found a run in their brand new tights may be forgiven for calling sustainable hosiery an oxymoron. Nevertheless, Swedish Stockings are here to challenge that view, with recycled yarns and zero-waste manufacturing.

Specialized products and fast fashion changes is the norm in the clothing industry. But a Swedish sustainability-focused outdoor brand is pulling in the opposite direction: their design philosophy is to make durable garments with many applications, that can stay with their owner for a long time. To promote this idea, the stores are turned into hubs for circularity.

Stormwater (rainwater that falls on hard areas such as roads) washes away heavy metal ions that pollute the water bodies. Textiles covered with fungal biomass can be flexible and cost-efficient solution for purification.

The non-profit H&M Foundation is working for sustainable development and textile innovation. A new kind of fiber recycling is one of the results – sustainable fashion's biggest innovation competition is another.

Rekotex mediates leftover fabrics to producers that want to use them. It saves resources and gives smaller brands access to more sustainable fabrics.

How clean water do you really need to wash your clothes? Mimbly's water-circulating system recycles greywater until that threshold is crossed – and also recovers microplastics .

The circular transformation of the textile industry may have begun in Kristinehamn, Sweden. Here, the first large-scale recycling of old cotton clothes into new textile fibers is taking place.

We aRe SpinDye dyes synthetic fibres when the raw material is melted, eliminating the need to water dye finished fabrics. The approach saves water, chemicals and energy, and paves the way for a sustainability revolution of the textile industry.

Stenungsund is the backbone of Swedish PVC production. The old mercury-based process is now replaced - a move that will save 20 percent energy, make the product cleaner, and reduce emissions to the sea.