News

Trash-2-Cash project present in H&M Global Change Awards

Trash-2-Cash (T2C) research project presented a garment made out of chemically recycled cotton in H&M Global Change Award Ceremony in Stockholm.
Prototype2
Ioncell blouse. Design and photos by Essi Karell.

Last year a team from Aalto University won the Global Change Award (GCA), which is an innovation challenge organized by H&M foundation. Aalto’s winning proposal was about “Making waste cotton new” with Ioncell-F technology. Since then, Ioncell-F process has been further developed with GCA prize and in T2C project. In this year's awards Pirjo Kääriäinen from Aalto’s GCA winning team and Essi Karell from T2C exhibited a garment to demonstrate the progress made during the past year.

The garment was also shown 3 April in H&M Change Makers Lab at Fotografiska, Stockholm. The event brought together around 250 change makers (including partners, innovators, governments, investors, trade unions, NGO's and other brands) to challenge the existing practices of the fashion industry and discuss about new technologies and material recycling.

More information:

http://trash2cashproject.eu/

https://globalchangeaward.com/

  • Updated:
  • Published:
Share
URL copied!

Read more news

Assistan Professor Hadi Ghanbari
Press releases, Research & Art Published:

‘Gamified’ DDoS attacks wage psychological warfare against NATO states, finds study

‘Hacktivism’ is evolving into a hybrid threat that blurs the lines between propaganda, geopolitical warfare and financially incentivised cyber-crime, says study of pro-Russian hackers NoName057(16).
Cartoon of people growing larger as they walk, crushing green figures and flowers beneath their feet
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art Published:

We need growth – but what exactly are we growing?

Governments demand it, companies promise it, and universities are expected to deliver it. Growth is widely seen as the answer to debt, competitiveness, and the future of the welfare state itself. But what do we actually mean by growth – and what kind of growth are we aiming for?
Audience seated on yellow beanbags and wooden steps in a modern hall, listening to a talk.
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art Published:

From quantum labs to startups: Aalto Inventors turns researchers into founders

The Aalto Inventors programme cultivates thought leaders of tomorrow’s disruptive industries.
Green and white figure with checkered cloak and arm holds a magnifying glass amid floating molecular diagrams
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art Published:

How to search for a material that does not yet exist? Researchers are looking for a room-temperature superconductor

The SuperC consortium aims to develop a room-temperature superconductor, a discovery which would deliver enormous energy savings. What’s it like to try to create a material that doesn’t exist?