{"id":7826,"date":"2024-01-11T18:27:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:32:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:32:37","slug":"the-900-person-swimming-thradathon-ahuga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/riflega-900-manns-syndu-thradathoninu-ahuga\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 900 people showed interest in the Thread Thon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Entrepreneurs in the textile sector fled to Gr\u00f3ska recently because of a solution meeting entitled \u00der\u00e1dathon. KLAK \u2013 Icelandic Startups hosted the solution meeting in collaboration with the Cycle Cluster and the Textile Center with support from the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate. Landsp\u00edtalinn, 66\u00b0Nor\u00f0ur, Dive and Sorpa presented the challenges that companies face regarding textile waste and called for solutions to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 900 people showed interest in the solution meeting, while 60 participants from all over the country tackled the challenges of the companies and many excellent solutions emerged.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"The circular cluster supports innovative companies in promoting the circular economy and turning waste into resources. It is therefore extremely nice to meet all these wonderful people with a passion for this very thing and to see their wonderful solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Textiles are one of the large waste streams that have few or poor recycling channels, so innovation is necessary to address the problem. It was nice to see how diverse the solutions were - could support the reduction of the amount of textile that enters the system, slow it down in the system by extending its lifespan and raising awareness, as well as coming up with solutions that, in the end, take what would otherwise have been waste and turn it into a useful product," says \u00deorbj\u00f6rga Sandra Bakke, project manager of the Cycle Cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"We at KLAK - Icelandic Startups do our best to be a leading force in the grassroots of the entrepreneurial community, and idea workshops like Thr\u00e1dathon are a great way to elicit exciting innovative ideas that solve contemporary challenges. There was a lot of interest in this event and the 60 available seats were filled immediately. It is clear that textile waste is on the minds of entrepreneurs. It was also happy to hear that many of those who created a team around a solution have the intention of participating in Gulleggin, Iceland's largest entrepreneurial competition and the flagship of KLAK - Icelandic Startups. There were also several teams interested in applying for a place in Hringi\u00f0uhr\u00e1\u00f0ilin, which is also managed by KLAK and is based on the concept of the circular economy and is therefore a direct connection to the Thr\u00e1dathon", says \u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, managing director of KLAK - Icelandic Startups.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The attendance far exceeded expectations, but the registered participants had the opportunity to develop their skills in implementing innovative ideas and work hard to make a project a reality, create a slide presentation and present it to the judges. A panel of judges came from the ranks of the Thr\u00e1dathon's partner companies, which reviewed in detail all the solutions that were presented. In the end, it was Fl\u00f6ff textile recycling that won first place and the team received a cash prize of ISK 200,000, a gift certificate to G\u00f3\u00f0a Hir\u00f0inn, 5 days of accommodation and facilities at the Textile Center in Bl\u00f6nd\u00f3s, and an auspicious design by Einar Gu\u00f0mundsson from G\u00f3\u00f0a Hir\u00f0inn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The entrepreneurial team that received a special award from 66\u00b0N\u00f3\u00f0ur was The perfect compensation. Awarded for an outstanding idea, Velja was chosen by the judges and received a golden statue of the Thinker from Good Shepherd as a symbolic challenge to the team to continue working on the solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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Frumkv\u00f6\u00f0lar innan text\u00edlgeirans flyktust \u00ed Gr\u00f3sku \u00e1 d\u00f6gunum vegna lausnam\u00f3ts sem bar yfirskriftina \u00der\u00e1\u00f0a\u00feon. KLAK – Icelandic Startups st\u00f3\u00f0 fyrir lausnam\u00f3tinu \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 Hringr\u00e1sarklasann og Text\u00edlmi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0ina me\u00f0 stu\u00f0ningi fr\u00e1\u00a0Umhverfis-, orku- og loftlagsr\u00e1\u00f0uneytinu. Landsp\u00edtalinn, 66\u00b0Nor\u00f0ur, Dive og Sorpa kynntu \u00fe\u00e6r \u00e1skoranir sem fyrirt\u00e6kin standa frammi fyrir var\u00f0andi s\u00f3un text\u00edls og k\u00f6llu\u00f0u eftir lausnum vi\u00f0 \u00feeim. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":7831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"project":[],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=7826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}