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by Cecilia Damström
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<p>Every year an average Swede will buy 13 kilograms of clothes and throw away about 7.5 kilograms of clothes. About 60 percent of the clothes that are thrown away are whole and clean, but only 3.8 kilograms of textiles per person are annually collected by charity organisations. At least 0.13 kilograms of clothes per person are sold second hand. In Finland the numbers are even higher. As much as 19 kilograms of clothes are bought and 13 kilograms are thrown away annually per person.For producing one kilogram of cotton you will need 7 000 – 29 000 litres of water and 0.3 –1 litre of oil.To produce one kilogram of cloth generates about 10-15 kilograms of greenhouse gases.</p> <p>In recent years second hand clothes have become increasingly popular in Scandinavia, and bringing your clothes to a collection is considered a way to “have a clean conscience”. But according to a report by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle only around 20 percent of the collected clothes can be sold in shops in Scandinavia. Around 10 percent are burnt immediately and up to 70 percent are sent further to sorting units, usually situated in the Baltic countries or Germany. At this point a small part is used for upcycling, such as fillings for car seats. But most of the clothes are sent to some of the poorest countries in the world, like for instance Mozambique. The black market of cheap bad quality clothes disrupts these countries’ own textile industry. As a large part of the clothes are of too bad quality to wear anymore, they end up in landfills.</p> <p>The first movement “Wear” is about how we use different clothes for different occasions, like for instance certain clothes for christmas parties, maybe other clothes for concerts and again something else when we are going out partying with friends. The clothes might be bought second hand and be used several times, but everything at an increasing tempo.</p> <p>The second movement “Toss” is the journey the clothes make together with their owner to collection containers where they are tossed in, and from where they are collected by a lorry. The third movement “Sort” is a description of collection and sorting halls. The movement is like a slow “zoom out” during which you slowly begin to realise what a large amount of “Christmas- and party clothes” there are intended to be recycled: in Finland annually around 14 million kilograms and in Sweden around 38 million kilograms, an overwhelming amount.</p> <p>The fourth movement “Burn” is about what happens to at least 80 percent of all textile waste: it is burned with mixed waste. In best case the waste burning can be used for generating new energy, but it is not a sustainable way to use resources.</p> <p>The last movement “Flow” is about what we call “Greenwashing”, in other words marketing something as sustainable even though it actually isn’t. In an investigating article by Yle a factory plant of the Finnish firm Fortum is viewed in detail. The factory refines salts from environmentally hazardous APC ashes (APC = Air Pollution Control) from incineration waste. Then these salts are rinsed out together with the wastewater of the process, straight into the Baltic Sea, as there is “lack of proof that it would be harmful for the environment”. The regulations which state that ashes from incineration waste should not be used unrefined, due to environmental risks, are circumvented in this way. </p> <p>Wasteland is a shout out that recycling can’t be “one option of many”, as it has to be the only viable choice for our resources to be sufficient. The responsibility for recycling shouldn’t lie solely with consumers, but should also be mandatory for producers. With this piece, I want to make people understand that if we can “afford” to consume, we must also be able to afford to take care of the waste we are creating. This must be regulated by law so that the responsibility cannot be shifted to poorer and / or corrupt countries.</p><p>- Cecilia Damström</p>
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1. Wear, 2. Toss, 3. Sort, 4. Burn, 5. Flow
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Edlund G.W.
[withdrawn; song 2-3 lost]
Musica experta
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Chorus
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Carlander Torsten
Ortodoksisen kirjallisuuden julkaisuneuvosto
Leduc
E. Pietiläinen
YLE
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Music Ilari
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Antero Hytinkoski
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Palonen Kalle
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MAHTAAKO OLLA OLEMASSA?
Viipurin lauluveikot
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Hug
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Edition 7
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Edition Musact
Like (julk.)
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Suomen Sinfoniaorkesterit ry
Suomen kunnallisliitto
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Published in compilation Siionin Laulut (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 1977)
Naiskuoroliitto
Helsingin ortodoksinen seurakunta
Publisher: SHI
Heikki Sarmanto music shop
Evankelis-luterilainen yhdisty
Lundquist
Ostinato
Published in Chorus series 14, Fazer (1961)
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Finnish Accordion Teachers' Association
Noteline
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Published in Laulukerho V (Otava 1958)
Imudico
[lost, only a sketch exists]
The Academy of Finnish Art Song
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Weilin & Göös
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Finnish Accordion Institute
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Pelastakaa Lapset ry
Publisher: Pirkan musiikkituotanto Oy
Third prize in Luses Big Band Competition in 1987
Not available
SatnaMusic Publishing
Published by the composer
Helsingfors Nya Musikhandel
H.N.White
Körlings Förlag
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Hämeen läänin taidetoimikunta
Dorn Publications
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Erik Lindström Kustannus
Uusinta Publishing Company
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Gehrmans Musikförlag
LeBaron Music
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Blosari
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Published in Laulukerho IV (Otava 1951)
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Imagine Music Publishig
Publisher: Sound In
Suomen Laulu
SLEY
Nordiska musikförlaget
Schildts
[lost]
Friisilän Musiikki
Tuomas Kantelinen Music
Released by the Finnish Broadcasting Company
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Beuermann
Scandinavian Music Interest
Modus Musiikki
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Kadonnut
Jäger Hugo
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Publisher: Valistus 1953; [not available]
Laulukerho IV (Otava 1951)
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Fenix
Julk. Siba
Friisilän musiikki oy
Gummerus
Siionin Laulut ja Virret (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 1963)
Suomen kuoroliitto
Publisher (no. 1): ArtEmusa
KYL - Kauppakorkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat
Mårtensong OY/AB
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Puijon laulu ry
Otava
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Publisher: FSSMF
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SÄVELTÄJÄ POISTANUT
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Publihhed in compilation Siionin Laulut (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 1977)
Publisher (no. 1): Selvät Sävelet
Bells
Publisher: Edition JLe
Kansalliskuoro
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Love Records & Kaj Chydenius
Published in compilation Siionin Joulu (1965)
Uusi Suomi
Published in compilation Siionin Laulut (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 2000)
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Published in compilation Siionin Laulut ja Virret (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 1963/2000)
Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat
Pianokoulu Vivo 2, Otava
Libito
Finlands Svenska Kyrkosångsför
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Ruslania Edition
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Västnyländska kultursamfundet
Seesaw-Music corp
Kirkon keskusrahasto
Publisher (No. 34): Edition Kontrapunkt
Publisher: Chanterelle Verlag/MEL BAY
Pianokoulu Vivo 3, Otava
Förlaget Bro
Breitkopf & Härtel
Teemu Halmkrona Music
Published in compilation Pääsiäissana (1979)
Lindström Erik (ED)
Zen Master records & Publis
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Romain-Dorkin Company OY
Tammi
Donemus
Ampleforth
Laulukerho V (Otava 1958)
Verlag Neue Musik
Fennica Gehrman
Palonen Rauno
Publisher: Chanterelle Verlag, Germany
Tuomisaari yhtiö
STM-Music
SKUL/SKML
Julk. Matti Rag Paananen
Kirkkohallitus
[withdrawn]
Love Kustannus Oy
Kuva ja sana
Kalevan laulajat
Birdsong Music Publishing
Suomen Pasuuna- ja Tuubaseura
EMI
Kansanmusiikki-instituutti
Publisher: J.H. Music
Hirsis-Production Ky
Ongaku No Tomo Sha Copr.
Schlesinger
Suomen naiskuoroliitto ry
Edward B. Marks
Published in compilation Siionin Laulut ja Virret (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 1975)
Yrjö Weilin
[original version withdrawn]
Edition Tre Fontane
Henri Delrieu
Mirandos
Harmonikansoiton opettajat ry
Pohjois-Karjalan kansanmusiikki- ja tanhuliitto ry.
Arvo Räikkönen
Sulasol, Novello
Publisher: Suomen kanttoriurkuriliitto
Norsk Musikförlag AS
SPOL
Suomi Loosi 1
[Withdrawn. Arabescata (1962) named as Symphony no. 4 in 1986]
Novello
saulizinovjev.com
Sävel
Publisher (no. 1): Helsinki University Chorus (YL)
Kansanvalistusseura
Faber Music
Holms förlag
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Opus musicus
Publisher: in 1964 as MS facsimile in a journal “Kangasalan joulu 1964”, s.8
Bote & Bock
Zen-On Music Co
Musikvetenskapliga Seminariet
Publisher: Tritonus Magazine 1978-1980
Coda
Kompass records
Association of Finnish Music Schools
Abr. Lundquist
Svenska folkskolans?
Lahti Organ Festival
Universal Edition
Edition Tilli
Recital Music
Publisher: JKC
Reimers
Sortavalan Evankelinen Seura
Gross Music
Published in compilation Siionin laulut (Suomen Rauhanyhdistysten Keskusyhdistys 2000)
Publisher: AMEE, Spain
Canto
Suomen M.M.M. Suur-Loosi
Musikvetenskapliga seminariet
[probably lost; location not known]
Sulasol
Doblinger
Publisher: (?) 1933
Publisher: Church Year of the Missions 1970
lauriporra.com
julk. Uspenskin katedraalin mieskuoro
Editio Musica
Tactus
Turun tähtituotanto Oy