About the Project
The project is aimed at driving systemic changes in the Khmelnytskyi community regarding the collection and recycling of waste from garment and footwear enterprises in order to protect the environment and implement circular economy models.
It addresses the problem of inefficient waste sorting and landfilling, as more than 300 m³ of production waste is disposed of at the municipal landfill or illegal dumpsites each month.
The expected outcome is the development and implementation of alternative circular business models for managing such waste within the community.
Objectives
- Introduce systemic changes in the waste management of garment and footwear enterprises
- Reduce the volume of production waste disposed of at the municipal solid waste landfill and illegal dumpsites
- Establish an efficient system for sorting and recycling light industry waste
- Develop and implement alternative circular business models for waste management
- Integrate circular economy principles into the practices of local enterprises and the community
- Contribute to environmental protection and the ecological safety of the region
Key Problems and Opportunities in Focus
- Creation of promotional and educational materials for entrepreneurs on the environmental harm caused by industrial emissions
- Development of alternative circular business models: from incineration to deep recycling
- Development of a digital city map for the placement of specialized waste containers to ensure collection from small producers who lack the resources to transport their waste
- Opportunity to assess the interest of small players in the garment market and to understand seasonal waste volumes through the placement of a pilot batch of textile waste containers
- Creating preconditions for deep recycling within the eco-industrial park in the city of Khmelnytskyi
Expected Impact
- Collected at least 100 tons of textile waste.
- Installed a minimum of 20 textile waste collection containers.
- Developed one digital map of textile waste container locations.
- Reached at least 500 people through educational activities.
Donor / Investor Engagement Format
- grant funding
- capacity building
- co-implementation
Readiness Status - investment-ready
Наявні елементи:
- Partnerships
- Preliminary research
- Institutional framework
An institutional and economic project for the development of the cluster ecosystem
12 months (1 year)
Total budget: UAH 3,046,000 (€59,535.17)
Structure: grant resources, international technical assistance, and private sector investment.
Primary hub: Khmelnytskyi region
Scaling potential: can be extended to other regions of Ukraine through cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and the UkrLegProm Association.
- Garment enterprises of the region
- Young entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs
- Educational institutions
- Government authorities, local self-government bodies, international experts, and industry associations
Podillia Fashion Cluster
National-level partners:
- Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
- Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
- Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
- All-Ukrainian Association “UkrLegProm”
Regional-level partners:
- Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration
- Khmelnytskyi Regional Council
- Khmelnytskyi City Council
- Garment and footwear enterprises of the region
- Khmelnytskyi National University
- Vocational education and training institutions, young entrepreneurs, and designers
To discuss partnership opportunities:
Contact Person: Halyna Shvets
+380 (97)113 90 70