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    • Care and Production of Clothing in Norwegian Homes: Environmental Implications of Mending and Making Practices 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (Sustainability;Volume 10, Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08)
      Mending, re-design, and altering are alternatives for prolonging the use period of clothing. It is a common assumption that nobody mends clothing anymore in Western societies. This paper studies Norwegian consumers’ clothing ...

    • Clothing Lifespans: What Should Be Measuredand How 

      Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Laitala, Kirsi; Wiedemann, Stephen G. (Sustainability;Volume 12, Issue 15, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-02)
      Increasing the use of each product, most often called longer lifespans, is an effective environmental strategy. This article discusses how garment lifespans can be described in order to be measured and compared. It answers ...

    • Clothing Reuse: The Potential in Informal Exchange 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Reuse organized by non-profit and commercial actors is a strategy that recently received a lot of attention. This article discusses the question: what do we know about the amount of clothes that circulate outside the ...

    • Consumer behavior in the circular economy: Developing a product-centric framework 

      Shevchenko, Tetiana; Saidani, Michael; Ranjbari, Meisam; Kronenberg, Jakub; Danko, Yuriy; Laitala, Kirsi (Journal of Cleaner Production;Volume 384, 15 January 2023, 135568, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-15)
      The operationalization of circular economy (CE) strategies requires consumer involvement in the acquisition, use, and disposal of products and services. However, encouraging sustainable consumption patterns and CE-oriented ...

    • Does Use Matter? Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Clothing Based on Fiber Type 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Henry, Beverley (Sustainability;Volume 10, Issue 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07)
      Several tools have been developed to compare the environmental impact of textiles. The most widely used are Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI) and MADE-BY Fiber Benchmark. They use data from production to evaluate ...

    • Dress and the city: a comparative study of clothing and textiles environmental policy in five European cities 

      Maldini, Irene; Samira, Iran; Laitala, Kirsi; Vittersø, Gunnar; Jestratijevic, Iva; Mirena, Amaral; Vladimirova, Katia (Conference object, 2021)
      European clothing consumption has increased dramatically in recent decades, leading to a current average of 26 kg of textiles annually purchased per capita (EEA, 2019). While garments (and most of clothing’s environmental ...

    • Dressing a Demanding Body to Fit In: Clean and Decent with Ostomy or Chronic Skin Disease 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (Social Inclusion;2019, Volume 7, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-31)
      This article discusses what kind of strategies people with a stoma or various chronic skin conditions, such as psoriasis or atopic dermatitis, use to find clothes that fit and enable them to fit in. Based on qualitative ...

    • Environmental impacts associated with the production, use, and end-of-life of a woollen garment 

      Wiedemann, Stephen G.; Biggs, Leo; Nebel, Barbara; Bauch, Katarina; Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Swan, Paul G.; Watson, Kalinda (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment;Volume 25, issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-25)
      Purpose The textiles industry is a substantial contributor to environmental impacts through the production, processing, use, and end-of-life of garments. Wool is a high value, natural, and renewable fibre that is used to ...

    • Global laundering practices – Alternatives to machine washing 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Henry, Beverley (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This article discusses laundering practices around the world including alternative methods such as washing by hand, airing, steaming, and dry-cleaning. These methods, which have received little attention in research, are ...

    • The Impact of Modes of Acquisition on Clothing Lifetimes 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Reducing the environmental impact of clothing is dependent on a reduction of the produced volume. This chapter discusses how mode and volumes of acquisition impact the lifetimes of clothing. Based on our scoping review and ...

    • Increasing repair of household appliances, mobile phones and clothing: Experiences from consumers and the repair industry 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Haugrønning, Vilde; Throne-Holst, Harald; Strandbakken, Pål (Journal of Cleaner Production;Volume 282, 1 February 2021, 125349, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-01)
      Increasing product lifespans is one of the most effective environmental strategies and therefore repair is a part of the circular economy approach that aims to keep products and materials longer in use. This article explores ...

    • Laundry Care Regimes: Do the Practices of Keeping Clothes Clean Have Different Environmental Impacts Based on the Fibre Content? 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Kettlewell, Roy; Wiedemann, Stephen (Sustainability;Volume 12, Issue 18, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-12)
      Clothing maintenance is necessary for keeping clothing and textiles functional and socially acceptable, but it has environmental consequences due to the use of energy, water and chemicals. This article discusses whether ...

    • Local clothing: What is that? How an environmental policy concept is understood 

      Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Haugrønning, Vilde; Laitala, Kirsi (International Journal of Fashion Studies (INFS);Volume 9, Number 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-01)
      The textile industry is characterized by global mass production and has an immense impact on the environment. One garment can travel around the world through an extensive value chain before reaching its final consumption ...

    • Microfibres from apparel and home textiles: Prospects for including microplastics in environmental sustainability assessment 

      Henry, Beverley; Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (Science of the Total Environment;Volume 652, 20 February 2019, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-12)
      Textiles release fibres to the environment during production, use, and at end-of-life disposal. Approximately two-thirds of all textile items are now synthetic, dominated by petroleum-based organic polymers such as polyester, ...

    • Motivations for and against second-hand clothing acquisition 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (Clothing Cultures;Volume 5, Number 2, 1 June 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-01)
      One of the possibilities consumers have for more sustainable clothing acquisition is to select pre-owned products. This article explores consumers’ motivations for clothing reuse: why they choose or do not choose to acquire ...

    • Nisseluelandet—The Impact of Local Clothes for the Survival of a Textile Industry in Norway 

      Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Laitala, Kirsi (Fashion Practice: the journal of design, creative process & the fashion industry;Volume 10, Issue 2: Localism and Fashion, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-22)
      The article discusses the importance of local clothing for the survival of the Norwegian textile industry. It draws upon stakeholder interviews, as well as desktop research. Local clothes are discussed as they are understood ...

    • Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater 

      Wiedemann, Stephen G.; Biggs, Leo; Nguyen, Quan V.; Clarke, simon J.; Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment;26, pages 1188–1197 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-19)
      Purpose: Garment production and use generate substantial environmental impacts, and the care and use are key determinants of cradle-to-grave impacts. The present study investigated the potential to reduce environmental ...

    • Short Food Supply Chains and Their Contributions to Sustainability: Participants’ Views and Perceptions from 12 European Cases 

      Vittersø, Gunnar; Torjusen, Hanne; Laitala, Kirsi; Tocco, Barbara; Biasini, Beatrice; Csillag, Peter; Duboys de Labarre, Matthieu; Lecoeur, Jean-Loup; Maj, Agnieszka; Majewski, Edward; Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata; Menozzi, Davide; Török, Áron; Wavresky, Pierre (Sustainability;Volume 11, Issue 17, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-28)
      The present food system faces major challenges in terms of sustainable development along social, economic and environmental dimensions. These challenges are often associated with industrialised production processes and ...

    • Understanding consumer e-waste recycling behavior: Introducing a new economic incentive to increase the collection rates 

      Shevchenko, Tetiana; Laitala, Kirsi; Danko, Yuriy (Sustainability; Volume 11 / Issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Consumer electronics are made of a wide range of materials, including precious metals and critical minerals with limited global reserves. Ensuring the recycling of these materials is essential for future use, especially ...

    • Use phase of wool apparel: a literature review for improving LCA 

      Laitala, Kirsi; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad; Henry, Beverley (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper presents results from a literature review on use phase of clothing with focus on wool. The aim of the review is to study if there is empirical grounding for assuming that the use phase is different for clothes ...