It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Jana Deckers

Textile Waste / E.U. Status Report

23 May 2024

3 minutes

There is an option for a transition to so-called ‘Ultimate Producer Responsibility’ (UPR) which relies on high product traceability from exporting to importing countries and should help improve accountability for product producers and distributors. EPR schemes must promote the adoption of reuse and repair practices. However, establishing large-scale repair operations in European countries is a challenge because of commercial non-viability.

Almost 3/4 of Textile Waste In EU Goes Unsorted

There is significant room for improvement in separate collection systems for waste textiles in EU-27 with about 11.6kg per person of textile waste ending up in mixed household waste.

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