Tag: Textile waste

• Delays to EU’s waste framework means serious concerns for textile reuse

  The continued uncertainty around the Waste Framework Directive means postponed investments, stalled partnerships, and a lack of operational clarity – at a time when volumes of textile waste is increasing, but managing capacity has not. Without rapid implementation, valuable reusable and recyclable materials will be lost and a whole industrial ecosystem, crucial to the circular transition, will collapse.

• Redefining used textiles and textile waste

  The culture of fast fashion has resulted in mountains of textile waste; a large share of textiles collected in the EU is exported to Africa and Asia, where the social and environmental costs of disposal fall disproportionately on vulnerable stakeholders. In this joint position paper with EEB, we outline policy recommendations to reshape the textile trade - including EU exports of textile waste and related policies.