Fashion
Should fashion brands pay for their textile waste? New legislation could make it a reality
Under rules that have been proposed in some EU countries, fashion companies would have to fund textile recycling programmes to curb the four million tons of waste produced annually in Europe
Regulators in the US and Europe are waking up to the mounting clothing waste problem that’s clogging local landfills and overwhelming countries such as Ghana and Chile. Increasingly, they’re asking brands to pay for it.
Under rules that have been separately proposed in California, New York, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Italy — and are also under discussion in the UK — fashion companies would have to fund textile recycling programmes, in most cases by paying ...
