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

European Environment Agency

Climate Action / Scandinavia Report

29 November 2024

4 minutes

A climate protest on the streets of Stockholm. The progress of a significant number of STICA signatory members is still too slow. Companies have reported a number of challenges they are facing and suggested solutions, many of which require government action.

Scandinavian Fashion Industry Shows Slow Progress on Climate, Concludes STICA Report

Only five years to 2030 to hold temperature increases to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels as per Paris Agreement. How are signatories at the Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) performing? A report on their Climate Action Transition Plans reveals that though there is relative progress, the pace and scale varies, and is too slow.

Staff Writer

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.

Staff Writer

Textile Waste / Europe Markets

1 February 2023

3 minutes

Reusable clothes are sold mainly to foreign markets, where they are either sold or end up as waste in landfill.

Current Structure for Recycling Textiles in EU Not Working, Finds EEA Study

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has said that the market for textile waste in the region does not meet the criteria to be a well-functioning market, with a large chunk of it traded as secondary raw material for downcycling activities, and a minuscule volume recycled into new textiles for new products.