Clothing manufacturers must pay for waste
Strasbourg – Updated waste regulations in the EU mean that clothing manufacturers will now have to cover the costs of collecting, sorting, and recycling textile waste.
The EU Parliament voted on Tuesday to give final approval to an agreement with member states, which also includes new binding targets for how much food waste in the EU should be reduced by 2030.
Detailed systems for clothing waste responsibility will now be developed by each EU country within 30 months of the updated directive coming into force. Small businesses will have more time, while the second-hand industry is completely exempt.
“Finally, fast fashion companies will have to pay for the mountains of waste their overproduction creates. Today’s decision is a win for consumers and the climate,” writes Swedish MEP Alice Bah Kuhnke (Green Party) in a comment to TT.
(September 9)
