
Norway post-consumer garment data and photographic images. Data table and images of garment samples from Norwegian post-consumer sorted textiles collected June-August 2025: 16 464 garment items, equal to 4 157 kg of post-consumer discarded garments. Collected from 6 urban locations; 3 collection schemes; two sorted streams (donations and textile waste), 24 apparel categories. Contains item level boolean and numeric attributes: weight, color, fiber blend, brand, disruptors, production year and country, etc. Reports of fiber blends for single-layer and multiple layers based on care label data. Documented by photograph of each garment sample (jpeg format). Image archives describe, in order Axxx-Fxxx: Ålesund (A), Oslo (B), Stavanger (C), Sandnes (D), Kristiansand (E), Trondheim (F). Keywords for search: clothes, apparel, textile, waste, sorting, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sorting, attribute registration and photography by: Bettina Amundsen Hermanrud, Silje Barstad Alnes, Sunneva Grooss Gunnarsdottir, Andrea Tariang Sjaavaag, Andreas Bakken Rontén, Endre Wierød Rønning, Sina Lid Adde, Bård Fjelltun Haddal, Dorthe Storvik Martinussen, Yngvil Sveen Øyen, Anniken Rode Øyno, Eirik Kristoffer Endresen, Marianne Dretvik, Oda Natalie Brunstad, Sara Marlene Nystrøm Olsen, Anniken Heum Muri, Torje Igland Hellerslia, Ylva Hognestad, Magnus Gilje, Ronja Røli Ansnes, Victoria Olajumoke Obanla, Vanessa Peña Benítez, and Nazia Nourin Moury. Contact persons and partner institutions: Natalie Østrem in Attvin and Kristina Kjersem from NTNU Ålesund, Ben Stenseth in UFF Norge, Anita Austigard in IVAR, Tor Kristian Ludvigsen in Avfall Sør, and Arvid Johansen in Trondheim renholdsverk (TRV). The work is co-funded by Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund project Sirkulær Plast, Redu – the internship program of Sirk Norge (The Norwegian Recycling and Circular Economy Organisation), Attvin AS and IVAR IKS. Karl Klingsheim has been responsible for funding acquisition, partner outreach, and project management. Contact person for questions: Johan Berg Pettersen, NTNU. johan.berg.pettersen@ntnu.no
