The consumption of textiles has been shown by various studies to be one of the most impacting European consumption areas after mobility, food and housing (EEA, 2013, JRC, 2014, Tukker et al. Nordic consumption of textiles is relatively high by European standards: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish and Icelandic citizens consume between 13 kg and 16 kg of new textiles each year (Tojo et al., The Prime Minister's Green Growth Initiative and the Nordic action plan for sustainable fashion and textiles Well Dressed in a Clean Environment include objectives to increase the collection, reuse and recycling of used textiles in the Nordic countries.